Unravelling the fetal origins hypothesis: is there really an inverse association between birthweight and subsequent blood pressure?

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  2002-08-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09834-3PMID 12241871
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