Epidemiological Studies of the Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease in Japan: A Pediatric Perspective in Present Day Japan

The origins of adult disease are considered to relate to fetal undernutrition, and this concept is termed “developmental origins of adult health and disease” (DOHaD). Here, we describe several epidemiological studies performed in Japan and discuss whether DOHaD is applicable to children in present d...

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Main Authors: Kikuchi, Toru, Uchiyama, Makoto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687626/