Brains versus brawn: An empirical test of barkers brain sparing model

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Baker, Jack ^a   Workman, Megan ^a   Bedrick, Edward ^a   Frey, M Anderson ^a   Hurtado, Magdalena ^a   Pearson, Osbjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77249093513     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20979     Document Type: Article

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