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. 2004 Jan;112(1):67-8.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.6733.

Our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Robert E Chapin  1 , Germaine M Buck
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Our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Robert E Chapin et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

Longitudinal studies of the determinants of children's health are complex, costly, infrequent, and incredibly valuable. It has become clear in recent years that the periconceptional environment plays a surprisingly large role in the health of the resulting child. This short introduction to this mini-monograph briefly recaps the articles included herein and reminds us that adequate forethought and planning will result in a study that could shed new light on the earliest determinants of children's health and thereby fill critical data gaps.

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