Commentary: Thrifty phenotype: 20 years later

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1227-1229

  Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETAL MALNUTRITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; OBESITY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84884782508     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt132     Document Type: Article

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