Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , February 2007

Impact of maternal nutrition and metabolism on health of the offspring

  • Liza H. Kunz

      Affiliations

    • University of California – Davis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 916 734 6447; fax: +1 916 734 6047.
    • ,
  • Janet C. King

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.10.010

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , February 2007

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