Beyond birthweight: The maternal and placental origins of chronic disease

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 360-364

  Barker, D J P ^a,b,c   Thornburg, K L ^b   Osmond, C ^a   Kajantie, E ^d,e   Eriksson, J G ^d,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

chronic disease; maternal body size; placental size

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052343761     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174410000280     Document Type: Review

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