Maternal nutrition and fetal growth and development

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 98-129

  Morton, Susan M B ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544699.009     Document Type: Chapter

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