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The effect of prenatal diet and glucocorticoids on growth and systolic blood pressure in the rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

David S. Gardner ,
Alan A. Jackson  and
Simon C. Langley-Evans
David S. Gardner*
Affiliation:
Division of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK
Alan A. Jackson
Affiliation:
Division of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK
Simon C. Langley-Evans
Affiliation:
Department of University Medicine, Level D South Block, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
*
*Correponding author: D. S. Gardner, Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK; 01223 333840 email dsg22@cam.ac.uk
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , May 1998 , pp. 235 - 240
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