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Developmental origins of health and disease: environmental exposures.
Seminars in reproductive medicine - 1 Sept 2009
Swanson James M, Entringer Sonja, Buss Claudia, Wadhwa Pathik D
Abstract excerpt
The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) approach has evolved over the past 20 years, and the current hypothesis proposes that fetal adaptations to intrauterine and maternal conditions during development shape structure and function of organs. Here we present a review of some environmental exposures that may trigger fetal maladaptations in these processes, including three examples: exposures to...
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