Fertility is not altered in young adults born small for gestational age

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2354-2359

  Meas, T ^a,b   Deghmoun, S ^a   Levy Marchal C ^a,b   Bouyer, J ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

epidemiology; fetal programming; human fertility; SGA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77955946942     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq184     Document Type: Article

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