Early life origins of human health and disease
By: editors, John P. Newnham Michael G. Ross.
Contributors: Newnham, John P.; Ross, Michael G.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783805591393
Subjects: Epidemiology; Birth weight, Low -- Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Prenatal influences; Embryonic Development; Fetal Development; Disease Susceptibility; Epigenesis, Genetic; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Risk Factors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Developmental plasticity and the developmental origins of health and disease / P.D. Gluckman, M.A. Hanson; title: Epigenetics and the influence of maternal diet / K.A Lillycrop, M.A. Hanson, G.C. Burdge; title: The economics of developmental origins of health and disease : modelling the benefit of a healthy start to life / K.C. O'Connor, K.L. Franko, S.M.B. Morton; title: Nutritional interventions in mothers to improve the health of the offspring : are we ready? / C.H.D. Fall, J.E. Harding, C.S. Yajnik; title: Developmental origins of health and disease : the importance of environmental exposures / R.R. Newbold, J.J. Heindel; title: Developmental origins of health and disease across generations : theory, observation, experiment / M.W. Gillman ... [et al.]; title: Early embryo environment and developmental potential / T.P - Fleming, K.D. Sinclair, K.L. Kind; title: Early environmental influences on lung development : implications for lung function and respiratory health throughout life / R. Harding ... [et al.]; title: Development of the fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-placental axis : implications for postnatal health / J. Challis ... [et al.]; title: Developmental origins of musculoskeletal disease / C. Cooper ... [et al.]; title: Developmental origins of reproductive health / D.M. Sloboda, R. Hart, M. Hickey; title: Developmental origins of immune tolerance : pathways and influences / S.L. Prescott; title: Developmental programming of the kidney / M.J. Nijland, P.W. Nathanielsz; title: Perinatal appetite programming / M. Desai, E. Keen-Rhinehart, M.G. Ross; title: Fetal programming of type 2 diabetes / A. Piekarz, S.E. Ozanne; title: Developmental origins of diabetes : interventional strategies / R.A. Simmons; title: Prenatal risk factors for breast cancer and clues to the underlying biological mechanisms from animal and human studies / R. Troisi, I. dos Santos Silva, R.R. Newbold; title: The offspring of women with severe mental disorder / V.A. Morgan ... [et al.]; title: Approaches to evaluate gene-environment interactions underlying the developmental origins of health and disease / C.E. Pennell ... [et al.].