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28 - Obesity and Early Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2017

By
Christina E. Boots  and
Kelle H. Moley
Edited by
Roy G. Farquharson  and
Mary D. Stephenson
Roy G. Farquharson
Affiliation:
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Mary D. Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Early Pregnancy , pp. 272 - 279
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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