Low birthweight and subsequent obesity in Japan

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9567, 2007, Pages 1081-1082

  Gluckman, Peter D ^a   Chong, Yap Seng ^b   Fukuoka, Hideoki ^c   Beedle, Alan S ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33947574143     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60524-8     Document Type: Letter

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