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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;15(1):3-5.
doi: 10.1177/1753495X221087171. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

Addressing racial disparities: Time for action

Tabassum Firoz  1 , Tyra Gross  2 , Anita Banerjee  3 , Laura A Magee  4
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Editorial

Addressing racial disparities: Time for action

Tabassum Firoz et al. Obstet Med. 2022 Mar.
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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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