Commentary: Can improving a mother's diet improve her children's cardiovascular health?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-128

  Fall, Caroline ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 60149095679     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn212     Document Type: Note

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