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Editorial
. 2007 Feb 24;334(7590):377.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.395058.80.

Coffee and pregnancy

Edmund Hey
Editorial

Coffee and pregnancy

Edmund Hey. BMJ. .

Abstract

A moderate reduction in caffeine intake in the second half of pregnancy has no effect on birth weight or length of gestation

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Competing interests: None declared.

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