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biological embedding: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the process by which early life experiences alter biological systems in ways that affect health across the life course.

In epidemiology, biological embedding refers to the process by which early life experiences alter biological systems in ways that affect health across the life course. This meaning comes from Hertzman (1999) in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Hertzman, C. (1999). The Biological Embedding of Early Experience and Its Effects on Health in Adulthood. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 896(1), 85-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08107.x

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