Haiti: The potential transgenerational effect of disasters

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-71

  Handel, A E ^a,b   Handel, C E ^a,b   Ramagopalan, S V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD GROWTH; DISASTER; DNA METHYLATION; EARTHQUAKE; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAITI; HUMAN GENOME; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTELLIGENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STARVATION;

EID: 78650323354     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq118     Document Type: Article

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