Health Determinants Throughout the Life Cycle

Epigenetics and Human Health: Linking Hereditary, Environmental and Nutritional Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 157-163

  Rust, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Fetal programming; Genetic diversity; Health promotion; Individual nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884614315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628384.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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