Developmental Origins, Epigenetics, and Equity: Moving Upstream

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 935-940

  Wallack, Lawrence ^a,b   Thornburg, Kent ^b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barker Hypothesis; Developmental origins; Epigenetics; Health equity; Upstream; Zipcode

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84962256532     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-1970-8     Document Type: Review

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