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Low birth weight – a predictor for psychiatric problems?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Andrew Harris
Andrew Harris*
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University of Leeds
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 110 - 112
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