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Research Papers

A mixed-longitudinal study of children’s growth, motor development and cognition. Design, methods and baseline results on sex-differences

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Pages 376-385 | Received 17 Feb 2018, Accepted 27 Jul 2018, Published online: 17 Oct 2018

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