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Maternal sauna and hyperthermia during pregnancy and cardiovascular and other malformations in offspring

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  1. Dept. of Genetics, Children's Hospital, 2050, Camperdown Sidney, Australia

    A. H. Lipson

  2. Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

    M. J. Edwards

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Lipson, A.H., Edwards, M.J. Maternal sauna and hyperthermia during pregnancy and cardiovascular and other malformations in offspring. Eur J Epidemiol 9, 676–677 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00211447

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