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Biases in Studying Gestational Weight Gain and Infant Mortality in US Birth Certificates

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  1. Departments of Epidemiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, A742 Crabtree Hall, 130 Desoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Lisa M. Bodnar

  2. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, E421A Shaughnessy Building, BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada

    Jennifer A. Hutcheon

  3. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, 103 Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Barbara Abrams

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Bodnar, L.M., Hutcheon, J.A. & Abrams, B. Biases in Studying Gestational Weight Gain and Infant Mortality in US Birth Certificates. Matern Child Health J 16, 745–746 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-0987-x

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