The obstetric origins of health for a lifetime

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-519

  Barker, David J P ^a   Thornburg, Kent L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal programming; maternal nutrition; placenta

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSTETRICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTERUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84882453094     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31829cb9ca     Document Type: Review

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