Early life famine exposure and chronic diseases in China

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 123-144

  Li, Yanping ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^b,c   Ma, Guansheng ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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