Developmental origins of health and disease
By: edited by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson.
Contributors: Gluckman, Peter D.; Hanson, Mark A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: Developmental biology; Embryology, Human; Prenatal influences; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation; Disease susceptibility
Description: Provides the first definitive account of how and why subtle influences on the fetus and during early life can have such profound consequences for adult health and diseases. Although the epidemiological evidence for this link has long proved compelling, it is only much more recently that the scientific and physiological basis has begun to be studied in depth and fully understood. The compilation, written by many of the world's leading experts in this exciting field, summarizes these scientific and clinical advances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.