Boys live dangerously in the womb

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-335

  Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,c   Kajantie, Eero ^a,b   Osmond, Clive ^d   Thornburg, Kent ^e   Barker, David J P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952024765     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20995     Document Type: Article

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