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Research Paper

Prenatal and birth associations of epigenetic gestational age acceleration in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) cohort

Saher Darediaa Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-4087View further author information
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Karen Huenb Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;c Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Lars Van Der Laanb Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Philip A. Collenderb Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enweremb Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Kim Harleyc Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;d Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Julianna Deardorffc Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;d Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Brenda Eskenazia Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;b Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;c Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Nina Hollandb Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;c Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Andres Cardenasa Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;b Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;c Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;e Center for Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2006-2021 | Received 08 Feb 2022, Accepted 11 Jul 2022, Published online: 01 Aug 2022

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