Embryonic health: New insights, mHealth and personalised patient care

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 712-715

  Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behaviour; embryo; lifestyle; nutrition; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MATERNAL CARE; MOBILE PHONE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEHEALTH; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECISION MEDICINE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84928321557     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD14386     Document Type: Review

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