Birth, Development, and Health
Birth, Development, and Health is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 71k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the developmental origins of adult health and disease, focusing on the impact of in utero and early-life conditions on long-term health outcomes. The research covers topics such as fetal programming, metabolic syndrome, epigenetic mechanisms, catch-up growth, hypertension risk associated with low birth weight, and the role of glucocorticoid programming in chronic disease development.
- Fetal Programming
- Early-Life Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Epigenetic Mechanisms
- In Utero Nutrition
- Catch-Up Growth
- Hypertension Risk
- Low Birth Weight
- Glucocorticoid Programming
- Chronic Disease
- Research works
- 71k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +5% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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