Cohort profile: The Ma'anshan birth cohort (MABC) study
Kun Huang1,2,3,4, Juan Tong1,2,3,4, Shuman Tao1,2,3,4
1Department of Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University (AHMU), Hefei, China.
International Journal of Epidemiology
|November 2, 2024
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