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Effect of Improved Care on the Predicted Adult Height of Undernourished Children

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    ROY M. ACHESON, GILLIAN B. FOWLER & MARGARET D. JANES

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ACHESON, R., FOWLER, G. & JANES, M. Effect of Improved Care on the Predicted Adult Height of Undernourished Children. Nature 194, 735–736 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194735a0

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