The dutch famine of 1944-45 as a human laboratory: Changes in the early life environment and adult health

Early Life Nutrition, Adult Health and Development: Lessons from Changing Diets, Famines and Experimental Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-76

  Lumey, L H ^a   van Poppel, F W A ^b,c  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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