Survival effects of prenatal famine exposure

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Van Abeelen, Annet F M ^a,b   Veenendaal, Marjolein V E ^a   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Dijkgraaf, Marcel G W ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^b   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455191647     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.022038     Document Type: Article

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