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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Tackling the challenges in conducting a 5-year longitudinal study of the Healthy Beginnings Trial

Lauren Viney A B and Maxine Goodwin A
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A Health Promotion Service, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts, NSW Health.

B Corresponding author. Email: laurengreig@clubnet.net.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 25(1) 65-66 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE13087
Submitted: 11 October 2013  Accepted: 4 December 2013   Published: 21 March 2014


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