A Hypothesis About A Mechanism For The Programming Of Blood Pressure And Vascular Disease In Early Life
- 30 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
- Vol. 28 (11) , 948-951
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03555.x
Abstract
1. There is now a great deal of evidence that people whose weight at birth was low tend to have higher blood pressure and increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease as adults. 2. We argue th...Keywords
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