The childhood environment and adult disease.
Modern technology has made possible epidemiological studies that relate aspects of neonatal health to disease in adult life. This symposium is the first to draw together information from this new research area. Explores links between early growth and the risk of high blood pressure, stroke and coron...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, England ; New York :
Wiley,
1991.
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| Series: | Ciba Foundation symposium ;
156. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The intrauterine environment and adult cardiovascular disease / D.J.P. Barker
- Fetal response to intrauterine stress / Kent L. Thornburg
- Programming by early nutrition in man / Alan Lucas
- Programming of cholesterol metabolism by breast or formula feeding / Glen E. Mott, Douglas S. Lewis, Henry C. McGill Jr.
- Interactions between early nutrition and the immune system / Ranjit Kumar Chandra
- Childhood infection and adult disease / C.N. Martyn
- Critical periods in brain development / James L. Smart
- Sensitive and vulnerable periods in the development of the visual system / Colin Blakemore
- Fetal brain development and later schizophrenia / Robin M. Murray, Peter Jones, Eadbhard O'Callaghan
- Early stress and adult emotional reactivity in rhesus monkeys / Stephen J. Suomi
- Childhood experiences and adult psychosocial functioning / Michael Rutter
- Prolegomena to a model of continuity and change in behavioural development / Avshalom Caspi.
