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The effect of nutrition of the fetus and neonate on cardiovascular disease in adult life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

D. J. P. Barker
Affiliation:
MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, SouthamptonSO9 4XY
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Impact of diet on critical events in development’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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