Early determinants of chronic disease in developing countries

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-665

  Crowther, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; developing world; diabetes; foetal growth; thrifty phenotype

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84866371631     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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