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The conceptual basis for the developmental origins of health and disease

The conceptual basis for the developmental origins of health and disease
The conceptual basis for the developmental origins of health and disease
This landmark publication 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 for this has begun to be studied in depth and fully understood. This compilation, written by many of the world’s leading experts in this exciting field, summarizes these scientific and clinical advances. The link between early development and the onset of many chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis, also raises important public health issues. Another fascinating theme in the book concerns evolutionary developmental biology and how the ‘evo-devo’ debate can cast light on these concepts. Clinicians and scientists alike will all learn a lot about this exciting and emerging field.
disease, origins, developmental origins, health
0521847435
33-50
Cambridge University Press
Gluckman, Peter D.
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Hanson, Mark A.
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Gluckman, Peter
Hanson, Mark
Gluckman, Peter D.
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Hanson, Mark A.
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Gluckman, Peter
Hanson, Mark

Gluckman, Peter D. and Hanson, Mark A. (2006) The conceptual basis for the developmental origins of health and disease. In, Gluckman, Peter and Hanson, Mark (eds.) Developmental origins of Health and Disease. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press, pp. 33-50. (doi:10.1017/CBO9780511544699.004).

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This landmark publication 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 for this has begun to be studied in depth and fully understood. This compilation, written by many of the world’s leading experts in this exciting field, summarizes these scientific and clinical advances. The link between early development and the onset of many chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis, also raises important public health issues. Another fascinating theme in the book concerns evolutionary developmental biology and how the ‘evo-devo’ debate can cast light on these concepts. Clinicians and scientists alike will all learn a lot about this exciting and emerging field.

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Published date: 2006
Keywords: disease, origins, developmental origins, health

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Local EPrints ID: 61148
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61148
ISBN: 0521847435
PURE UUID: b948b85f-15dd-4a74-b41c-70886ca9faa7
ORCID for Mark A. Hanson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-613X

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Date deposited: 02 Sep 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:17

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Author: Peter D. Gluckman
Author: Mark A. Hanson ORCID iD
Editor: Peter Gluckman
Editor: Mark Hanson

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