Fetal programming and fetal psychology

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-20

  Ellison, Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary biology; Fetal programming hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949103370     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.649     Document Type: Article

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