Fetal and postnatal growth and blood pressure at the age of 2 years. The Generation R Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1152-1157

  Van Houten, Vera A A ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Early childhood; Fetal development; Growth and development

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 67649647649     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283299973     Document Type: Article

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