Prenatal undernutrition, postnatal environments, and antibody response to vaccination in adolescence
Publication information:
Thomas W McDade, Melinda A Beck, Christopher Kuzawa, and Linda S Adair. 2001. “Prenatal Undernutrition, Postnatal Environments, and Antibody Response to Vaccination in Adolescence”. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74, 4, Pp. 543-548,. doi:10.1093/ajcn/74.4.543
Abstract
Background:Recently, researchers have considered the fetal and infant origins of several adult cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, but the implications of early events for immune function and infectious disease are unclear.