Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 142-149.e71 , May 2009

Early Childhood Health Promotion and Its Life Course Health Consequences

Received 18 April 2008 ,Accepted 26 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.12.007

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