Developmental origins of health and disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1848-1850

  Gillman, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE ARTERY; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 27244432905     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058187     Document Type: Editorial

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