Transgenerational effects of prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine on neonatal adiposity and health in later life

@article{Painter2008TransgenerationalEO,
  title={Transgenerational effects of prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine on neonatal adiposity and health in later life},
  author={RC Painter and Clive Osmond and Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson and Diw Phillips and T Roseboom},
  journal={BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics \& Gynaecology},
  year={2008},
  volume={115}
}
OBJECTIVE Maternal undernutrition during gestation is associated with increased metabolic and cardiovascular disease in the offspring. [] Key MethodDESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING Interview during a clinic or home visit or by telephone. POPULATION Men and women born in the Wilhelmina Gasthuis in Amsterdam between November 1943 and February 1947.
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