Low birth weight and blood pressure

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue SUPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Lenfant, Claude ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 51649118839     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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