Enamel hypoplasia and early mortality: Bioarcheological support for the Barker hypothesis

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 261-271

  Armelagos, George J ^a   Goodman, Alan H ^b   Harper, Kristin N ^c   Blakey, Michael L ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Childhood stress; DOHaD; Fetal programming; Infancy; Maternal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949097489     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20239     Document Type: Article

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