Fetal origins of adult disease: Tracing and recruitment of offspring whose mothers participated in a trial of nutritional supplementation during pregnancy - The Sorrento experience

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-316

  Tang, Lie Ping ^a   Macleod, John A ^a   Hobbs, F D R ^a   Wharton, B A ^b   Smith, G Davey ^c   Stewart, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease risk factors; Experimental studies; Fetal nutrition; Fetal origins hypothesis; Health inequalities; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 17144379314     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2004.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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