Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences

Tom P. Fleming; Adam J. Watkins; Miguel A. Velazquez; John C. Mathers; Andrew M. Prentice; Judith Stephenson; Mary Barker; Richard Saffery; Chittaranjan S. Yajnik; Judith J. Eckert; Mark A. Hanson; Terrence Forrester; Peter D. Gluckman; Keith M. Godfrey

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30312-x

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OvernutritionOffspringDiseasePregnancyMalnutritionObesityMedicineBiologyPhysiologyGeneticsEndocrinologyInternal medicine

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 391
Issue: 10132
Pages: 1842-1852
Citations: 1047
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                                    Tom P. Fleming, 
                                
                                    Adam J. Watkins, 
                                
                                    Miguel A. Velazquez
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 391
                            (10132)
                            , 1842-1852.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30312-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30312-x