Developmental plasticity in child growth and maturation

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Hochberg, Ze'ev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child growth; Epigenetics; Evolution; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874389794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00041     Document Type: Review

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