Effects of famine on placental size and efficiency

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Roseboom, T J ^a   Painter, R C ^a   De Rooij, S R ^a   Van Abeelen, A F M ^a,b   Veenendaal, M V E ^a   Osmond, C ^c   Barker, D J P ^c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dutch famine; Fetal programming; Placenta; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA EFFICIENCY; PLACENTA SHAPE; PLACENTA SIZE; PLACENTA THICKNESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARVATION;

EID: 79955578464     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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