Life-long echoes - A critical analysis of the developmental origins of adult disease model

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-139

  Gluckman, Peter D ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Morton, Susan M B ^a,c   Pinal, Catherine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fetal origins; Insulin resistance; Predictive adaptive response

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14044279827     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082311     Document Type: Review

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