Prenatal origins of adult disease

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Nijland, Mark J ^a,b   Ford, Stephen P ^b   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a,b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Developmental programming; Human epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 41849129569     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3282f76753     Document Type: Review

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