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The JECH Gallery
A glance at child health
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  1. ALBERTO TORRES
  1. Departamento de Salud Publica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Facultad de Medicina, Campus de Sant Joan, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.9.610

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