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Review
. 1999 Jul 24;319(7204):245-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7204.245.

Fetal origins of adult disease-the hypothesis revisited

A Lucas  1 , M S Fewtrell, T J Cole
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Fetal origins of adult disease-the hypothesis revisited

A Lucas et al. BMJ. .
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