Genetic factors contributing to birth weight
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Maternal Factors Contributing to Low Birth Weight Babies in an Urban Slum Community of Greater Mumbai
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/fn.86.1.f2-a