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Global notes: what is the cost of being a woman?

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    D Vidyasagar

  2. Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    D Vidyasagar

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Vidyasagar, D. Global notes: what is the cost of being a woman?. J Perinatol 29, 719–720 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2009.74

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