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. 2016 Sep;123(10):1589-92.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13782. Epub 2015 Dec 2.

Adolescent pregnancy, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what we know and what we don't know

W Johnson  1 , S E Moore  1
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Adolescent pregnancy, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what we know and what we don't know

W Johnson et al. BJOG. 2016 Sep.
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