WHO systematic review of randomised controlled trials of routine antenatal care.

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  2001-05-19

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04723-1PMID 11377643
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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