Early-life exposure to the Ukraine famine of 1933 and type 2 diabetes in adulthood

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 145-160

  Vaiserman, Alexander M ^a   Khalangot, Mykola D ^b   Strele, Ieva ^c   Lumey, L H ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

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