Fetal and placental size and risk of hypertension in adult life
โ Scribed by DJP Barker; AR Bull; C Osmond; SJ Simmonds
- Book ID
- 118890159
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7292
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