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Gestational age misclassification and its effect on disease outcomes after preterm birth

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  1. School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Jasper V. Been & Aziz Sheikh

  2. Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Jasper V. Been & Aziz Sheikh

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Been, J.V., Sheikh, A. Gestational age misclassification and its effect on disease outcomes after preterm birth. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 525–526 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9804-0

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