Low birth weight, a marker of intrauterine stress and adult disease

Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 325-341

  Rinaudo, Paolo F ^a   Piane, Luisa Delle ^b   Revelli, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 84880165879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1795-9_19     Document Type: Chapter

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