The role of the placenta in the developmental origins of health and disease-Implications for practice

Reviews in Gynaecological and Perinatal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 70-79

  Lewis, Rohan M ^a   Poore, Kirsten R ^a   Godfrey, Keith M ^b  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Fetus; Maternal environment; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646182272     PISSN: 18712320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigapp.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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