Fetal origins of obesity

Handbook of Obesity: Etiology and Pathophysiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 109-116

  Barker, David J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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