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. 2020 Feb;127(3):314-318.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15971. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

Producing valid statistics when legislation, culture and medical practices differ for births at or before the threshold of survival: report of a European workshop

L K Smith  1 , B Blondel  2 , J Zeitlin  2 ; Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee
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Producing valid statistics when legislation, culture and medical practices differ for births at or before the threshold of survival: report of a European workshop

L K Smith et al. BJOG. 2020 Feb.
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