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Reflections on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: Recommendations on Screening for Developmental Delay

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    Patricia Parkin

  2. The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Patricia Parkin

  3. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Parkin, P. Reflections on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: Recommendations on Screening for Developmental Delay. Curr Dev Disord Rep 3, 171–173 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-016-0093-7

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