Maternal smoking during pregnancy and neural tube defects in offspring: a meta-analysis
β Scribed by Meng Wang, Zhi-Ping Wang, Rui Gong, Zhong-Tang Zhao
- Book ID
- 120790548
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 539 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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