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Reproductive outcomes in women prenatally exposed to undernutrition: a review of findings from the Dutch famine birth cohort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

L. H. Lumey
L. H. Lumey*
Affiliation:
American Health Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Corresponding author: Dr L. H. Lumey, fax +1 212 687 2339
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 129 - 135
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