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Wednesday, Feb 23 2011

Enrollment for Kids’ Health Study Starts in L.A. County

On Monday, researchers started enrolling 4,000 participants from 14 randomly selected Los Angeles County neighborhoods in the National Children's Study. The study will follow 100,000 U.S. children from gestation through their 21st birthday to examine factors that could contribute to conditions such as autism, diabetes and obesity.

"Largest Children's Health Study in History Scheduled To Come to Ventura County" (Gregory, Ventura County Star, 2/21).

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