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. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):368-369j.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz227.

Cohort Profile: The French national cohort of children (ELFE): birth to 5 years

Marie Aline Charles  1   2 , Xavier Thierry  1   3 , Jean-Louis Lanoe  1 , Corinne Bois  1 , Marie-Noelle Dufourg  1 , Ruxandra Popa  1 , Marie Cheminat  1 , Cécile Zaros  1 , Bertrand Geay  1   4
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Cohort Profile: The French national cohort of children (ELFE): birth to 5 years

Marie Aline Charles et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Randomly selected maternity units for the recruitment in the ELFE cohort (dots) and biological treatment and storage units (square).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Follow-up schedule. ELFE cohort: birth to 5 years.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Participation in the main surveys during the first 5 years of follow-up. ELFE cohort.
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