Psychosocial stress in pregnancy and its relation to low birth weight.

BMJ - Tập 288 Số 6425 - Trang 1191-1194 - 1984
Richard Newton1,2,3, Linda Hunt1,2,3
1Children's Hospital, Manchester M9 2AA
2Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester 13
3faculty of medicine computational group

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(Accepted 14 February 1984)

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