Maternal exposure to the holocaust and health complaints in offspring

Disease Markers

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Flory, Janine D ^a,b   Bierer, Linda M ^b   Yehuda, Rachel ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 79955102501     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/250470     Document Type: Article

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