Effects of early malnutrition on mental system, metabolic syndrome, immunity and the gastrointestinal tract

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1143-1150

  He, Zhixiong ^a,b   Sun, Zhihong ^a,b   Liu, Shimin ^c   Zhang, Qingli ^a,d   Tan, Zhiliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early malnutrition; Gastrointestinal development; Immunity; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349979000     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.1143     Document Type: Review

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