Prenatal and postnatal energetic conditions and sex steroids levels across the first year of life

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 643-654

  Thompson, Amanda L ^a,b   Michelle, Lampl ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883055192     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22424     Document Type: Article

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