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Understanding environmental exposures in early life for lifelong health

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Understanding early-life environmental exposures is crucial for protecting lifelong health and should be prioritized in developing exposomics studies and infrastructures worldwide.

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Fig. 1: Exposome research can underpin early-life interventions to improve lifelong disease trajectories.
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ISGlobal acknowledges support from grant CEX2023-0001290-S funded by MCIN / AEI / https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program.

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  2. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Centro de Investigación en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

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