The fetal origins hypothesis—10 years on

BMJ

Volumn 330, Issue 7500, 2005, Pages 1096-1097

  Eriksson, Johan G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC RISK; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 18744411541     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1096     Document Type: Editorial

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