Impact of maternal obesity on fetal programming of cardiovascular disease

Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-231

  Roberts, Victoria H J ^a   Frias, Antonio E ^a,b   Grove, Kevin L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929578694     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00021.2014     Document Type: Review

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