Putting the concept of biological embedding in historical perspective

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17160-17167

  Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY STRESS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872224151     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202203109     Document Type: Review

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