Embryonic and fetal programming of physiological disorders in adulthood

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-312

  Lau, Christopher ^a,b   Rogers, John M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULTHOOD; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATCH UP GROWTH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN METABOLISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 13444301598     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20029     Document Type: Review

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