Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 500-511 , September 2010

Does attendance at preschool affect adult health? A systematic review

  • K. D'Onise

      Affiliations

    • Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 883022631.
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  • R.A. McDermott

      Affiliations

    • Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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  • J.W. Lynch

      Affiliations

    • Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Received 22 August 2009 ,Revised 5 April 2010 ,Accepted 10 May 2010.

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