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Placing children and adolescents at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals will deliver for current and future generations

Tobias AlfvénDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Sachs’ Children and Youth Hospital, South General Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Johan DahlstrandSwedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7004-8710View further author information
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David HumphreysDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, AustraliaView further author information
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Daniel HelldénDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Sofia HammarstrandDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenView further author information
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Anna-Clara HollanderEpidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions, Substance use and Social environment (EPICSS), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-5804View further author information
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Mats MålqvistInternational Maternal and Child Health, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8184-3530View further author information
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Sahar NejatPaediatric Public Health Department, Sachs’ Children and Youth Hospital, South General Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Peter Søgaard JørgensenStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Peter FribergSwedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden;Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SwedenView further author information
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Göran TomsonSwedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Article: 1670015 | Received 01 Aug 2019, Accepted 11 Sep 2019, Published online: 07 Oct 2019

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