Effects of the holocaust on the physical health of the offspring of survivors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Hazani, Elizur ^a   Shasha, Shaul M ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Hunger; Late morbidity; Offspring; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CRIME; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS OUTCOME; GERMANY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; TRADE UNION; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RUSSIA; STARVATION; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 43249101130     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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