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Neglected epidemic of chronic lung disease; childhood conditions affect adult progesterone levels

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Childhood conditions influence adult progesterone levels

Alejandra Nez-de la Mora and colleagues found that women of Bangladeshi origin who had spent their childhood in the UK had higher progesterone levels and matured earlier than those who had been children in Bangladesh.

Citation: Nez-de la Mora A, Chatterton RT, Choudhury OA, Napolitano DA, Bentley GR (2007) Childhood conditions influence adult progesterone levels. PLoS Med4(5): e167.

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