Effect of seasonal programming on fetal development and longevity: Links with environmental temperature

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-216

  Flouris, Andreas D ^a   Spiropoulos, Yiannis ^a   Sakellariou, Giorgos J ^a   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65449138670     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20818     Document Type: Article

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