The Role of Nutrition in Brain Development: The Golden Opportunity of the "First 1000 Days"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: georg001@umn.edu.

Sarah E Cusick et al. J Pediatr. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug:175:16-21.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: georg001@umn.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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