Intrauterine nutrition: Long-term consequences for vascular health

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 647-656

  Szostak Wegierek, Dorota ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult cardiovascular disease; Intrauterine growth retardation; Macrosomia; Maternal malnutrition; Maternal overnutrition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

APPETITE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FETUS DEATH; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE NUTRITION; LIPID DIET; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; VASCULAR HEALTH;

EID: 84904340122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S48751     Document Type: Review

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