Ensuring Optimal Early Childhood Development Globally: Optimism about the Increasing Role of Pediatricians

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
² Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

Comment

Mohamad A Mikati et al. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):e70.

doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001145.

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
² Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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