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Society: Don't blame the mothers

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  • Sarah S. Richardson

    (Sarah S. Richardson is associate professor of the history of science and of studies of women, gender and sexuality at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Cynthia R. Daniels

    (Cynthia R. Daniels is professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.)

  • Matthew W. Gillman

    (Matthew W. Gillman is professor of population medicine and director of the Obesity Prevention Program at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Janet Golden

    (Janet Golden is professor of history at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, USA.)

  • Rebecca Kukla

    (Rebecca Kukla is professor of philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA.)

  • Christopher Kuzawa

    (Christopher Kuzawa is professor of anthropology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.)

  • Janet Rich-Edwards

    (Janet Rich-Edwards is associate professor of medicine at the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)

Abstract

Careless discussion of epigenetic research on how early life affects health across generations could harm women, warn Sarah S. Richardson and colleagues.

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  • Sarah S. Richardson & Cynthia R. Daniels & Matthew W. Gillman & Janet Golden & Rebecca Kukla & Christopher Kuzawa & Janet Rich-Edwards, 2014. "Society: Don't blame the mothers," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7513), pages 131-132, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7513:d:10.1038_512131a
    DOI: 10.1038/512131a
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