Early Life Origins of Health and Disease

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wintour, E. Marelyn (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Owens, Julie A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 573
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Human physiology.; Obstetrics.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Developmental Biology.; Human Genetics.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.

Early Life Origins of Health and Disease is a new book which presents and discusses the many factors that may have impact on normal development. In a concise and readable manner, the authors consider both the proven and suggestive evidence that the high prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, obesity...

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