Father's effect on infant birth weight
โ Scribed by Mark A. Klebanoff; Birgitte R. Mednick; Charlotte Schulsinger; Niels J. Secher; Patricia H. Shiono
- Book ID
- 113985834
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 178
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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