Introduction: Fetal origins of developmental plasticity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a   Pike, Ivy L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MELATONIN; NEUROHORMONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD REARING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GONAD FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESEARCH; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 13444283719     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20090     Document Type: Editorial

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