Prenatal programming of cognition and emotion in humans: From birth to age 20

Perinatal Programming: The State of the Art

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-206

  Van Den Bergh, Bea R H ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881738342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110249453     Document Type: Chapter

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