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. 2003 Oct;57(10):778–783. doi: 10.1136/jech.57.10.778

Life course epidemiology

D Kuh 1, Y Ben-Shlomo 1, J Lynch 1, J Hallqvist 1, C Power 1
PMCID: PMC1732305  PMID: 14573579

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