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An Overlooked and More Complicated Association of Social Support with Infant Birth Size: Commentary on Appleton and Colleagues (2019)

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  1. School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60203, USA

    David L. DuBois

  2. Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA

    Molly Cory

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DuBois, D.L., Cory, M. An Overlooked and More Complicated Association of Social Support with Infant Birth Size: Commentary on Appleton and Colleagues (2019). Matern Child Health J 24, 1111–1112 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02965-9

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