Adult obesity as a consequence of in utero programming

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 957-966

  Beall, Marie H ^a   El Haddad, Mostafa ^b   Gayle, Dave ^b   Desai, Mina ^b   Ross, Michael G ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SHEEP;

EID: 7744240077     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000135668.61661.9c     Document Type: Review

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