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Review Article (Scoping and Systematic)

Six decades of longitudinal health knowledge production: a systematic review on Nordic birth cohort studies

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Article: 2278815 | Received 04 Jul 2023, Accepted 30 Oct 2023, Published online: 27 Nov 2023

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