Uterine blood flow as a determinant of fetoplacental development

The Placenta and Human Developmental Programming

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 126-146

  Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84926104666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511933806.012     Document Type: Chapter

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