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Epigenetic mechanisms in fetal origins of health and disease.
Clinical obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Sept 2013
Osborne-Majnik Amber, Fu Qi, Lane Robert H
Abstract excerpt
Early life environment predicts future health. The initial precedents and research focus on this concept arose out of historical events. However, this concept continues to be relevant as evidenced by the recent Chinese famine and the evidence of racial disparities in the United States. The latter allows us to introduce the "life course model" and "weathering" as relevant epigenetic phenomena. We then review the...
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