Blood pressure in adults after prenatal exposure to famine

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-330

  Roseboom, Tessa J ^b   Van Der Meulen, J H P ^a   Ravelli, Anita C J ^b   Van Montfrans, Gert A ^b   Osmond, Clive ^b   Barker, David J P ^b   Bleker, Otto P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Famine; Fetal origins; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0345205653     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917030-00004     Document Type: Article

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