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. 2015 Jun 10:350:h2410.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h2410.

Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health

Jan Blustein  1 , Jianmeng Liu  2
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Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health

Jan Blustein et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Jan Blustein and Jianmeng Liu examine the evidence linking caesarean delivery with childhood chronic disease and say that guidelines on delivery should be reviewed with these risks in mind

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