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. 2014 Sep;104(9):e1-2.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302053. Epub 2014 Jul 17.

Untangling gestational weight gain from gestational age in infant mortality studies

Jennifer A Hutcheon  1 , Lisa M Bodnar, Barbara Abrams
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Untangling gestational weight gain from gestational age in infant mortality studies

Jennifer A Hutcheon et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep.
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  • Davis et al. respond.
    Davis RR, Hofferth SL, Shenassa ED. Davis RR, et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep;104(9):e2. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302073. Epub 2014 Jul 17. Am J Public Health. 2014. PMID: 25033132 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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