Remote recall of childhood height, weight, and body build by elderly subjects.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on July 01, 1993

Authors

A Must1, W C Willett, W H Dietz

Author Affiliations

1: US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

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