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One Simple Intervention Begets Another: Let’s Get the Gestational Age Right First

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  1. Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

    Julia Levin

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, 123 Edward Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, ON, M5G1E2, Canada

    David Gurau

  3. Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, 12th Floor, 123 Edward Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1E2, Canada

    David Levin

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Levin, J., Gurau, D. & Levin, D. One Simple Intervention Begets Another: Let’s Get the Gestational Age Right First. Matern Child Health J 20, 1767–1768 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2003-3

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