Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight.

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  2016

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  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

• Publication date

  2016-03-15

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/jama.2016.1975PMID 26978208PMCID PMC4811305
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