Prematurity and programming of cardiovascular disease risk: A future challenge for public health?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2014, Pages F510-F514

  Bayman, Elizabeth ^a   Drake, Amanda J ^b   Piyasena, Chinthika ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADIPOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84921900496     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306742     Document Type: Review

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