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Early life determinants of metabolic and reproductive health
2019-01-01
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Events in early life have consistently been associated with health outcomes in later life. The ‘developmental origins’ theory first hypothesised that adverse conditions in-utero can lead to physiological adaptations in the developing foetus which have long lasting influences on health. This concept has been extended to early childhood and adolescence, whereby exposures during critical periods of development can im...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f4c48869-4a46-5911-b75c-2dfb1450174b
- DOI
- 10.17863/cam.62304