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Regular weighing of pregnant women: a relic from a bygone era
Jodie M Dodd1,2, Andrea R Deussen1, Megan Mitchell1
1The Robinson Research Institute and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
|July 29, 2024
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