Cohort profile: the Jamaican 1986 birth cohort study.
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چکیده
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, School of Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Department of Child Health, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Epidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Early Childhood Commission, Ministry of Education, Kingston, Jamaica and University Health Centre, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of epidemiology
دوره 40 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011