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Invited commentary: maternal effects in preterm birth--effects of maternal genotype, mitochondrial DNA, imprinting, or environment?
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Dec 2009
Little Julian
Abstract excerpt
Preterm birth is an important public health problem. A wide range of risk factors has been investigated, of which the strongest established is a woman's previous history of preterm birth. In this issue of the Journal, Boyd et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2009;170(11):1358-1364) and Svensson et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2009;170(11):1365-1372), using data on singleton livebirths from national birth registers linked with...
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