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  1. Recommended screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol use during pregnancy is impeded by high patient loads and limited resources in public health settings. We evaluated the feasibility, acceptability...

    Authors: Madhabika B Nayak, Rachael A Korcha, Lee A Kaskustas and Lyndsay A Avalos
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:379
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:178

  2. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their offsprings are at increased risk of future type 2 diabetes and metabolic abnormalities. Early diagnosis and proper management of GDM, as well as, postpa...

    Authors: Vijayam Balaji, Madhuri S Balaji, Manjula Datta, Rekha Rajendran, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Rohini Radhakrishnan, Anil Kapur and Veerasamy Seshiah
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:378
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  3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are important causes of morbidity and mortality. The levels of calcium (Ca2+) and magnesium (Mg2+) in pregnancy may implicate their possible role in pregnancy-induced hypertens...

    Authors: Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Derick Nii Mensah Osakunor, Seth Wiredu Denkyira, Henrietta Eshun, Samuel Amoah and Enoch Odame Anto
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:390
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  4. The reproductive decisions made by PLHIV and their partners have a long-term consequences for the survival and wellbeing of their families and a society at large. Evidence relating to fertility and reproductiv...

    Authors: Dereje Bayissa Demissie, Bosena Tebeje and Temamen Tesfaye
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:382
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  5. Antenatal care (ANC) attendance is a strong predictor of maternal outcomes. In Nigeria, government health planners at state level and below have limited access to population-based estimates of ANC coverage and...

    Authors: Khalid Omer, Nshadi John Afi, Moh'd Chadi Baba, Maijiddah Adamu, Sani Abubakar Malami, Angela Oyo-Ita, Anne Cockcroft and Neil Andersson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:380
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  6. Ineffective management of obstetric emergencies contributes significantly to maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Mexico. PRONTO (Programa de Rescate Obstétrico y Neonatal: Tratamiento Óptimo y Oportu...

    Authors: Dilys Walker, Susanna Cohen, Jimena Fritz, Marisela Olvera, Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa, Jessica Greenberg Cowan, Dolores Gonzalez Hernandez, Julia C Dettinger and Jenifer O Fahey
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:367
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  7. The rate of cesarean delivery in the United States is variable across geographic areas. The aims of this study are two-fold: (1) to determine whether the geographic variation in cesarean delivery rate is consi...

    Authors: Rachel Mosher Henke, Lauren M Wier, William D Marder, Bernard S Friedman and Herbert S Wong
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:387
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  8. The purpose was to examine the association between paternal race/ethnicity and very low birth weight stratified by maternal race/ethnicity.

    Authors: Kimberly G Fulda, Anita K Kurian, Elizabeth Balyakina and Micky M Moerbe
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:385
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  9. It is well accepted that the gravid state is hypercoagulable and a significant cause of both maternal morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Although thrombin generation is reported to be increased in p...

    Authors: Jignesh P Patel, Raj K Patel, Lara N Roberts, Michael S Marsh, Bruce Green, J Graham Davies and Roopen Arya
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:384
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  10. Maternal-fetal relationships have been associated with psychosocial outcomes for women and children, but there has been a lack of conceptual clarity about the nature of the maternal relationship with the unbor...

    Authors: Judi Walsh, Erica G Hepper and Benjamin J Marshall
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:383
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  11. Every year, more than a million of the world's newborns die on their first day of life; as many as two-thirds of these deaths could be saved with essential care at birth and the early newborn period. Simple in...

    Authors: Christina Lulu Makene, Marya Plotkin, Sheena Currie, Dunstan Bishanga, Patience Ugwi, Henry Louis, Kiholeth Winani and Brett D Nelson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:381
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  12. Surveillance of drug quality for antibiotics, antiretrovirals, antimalarials and vaccines is better established than surveillance for maternal health drugs in low-income countries, particularly uterotonic drug...

    Authors: Cynthia Stanton, Deepak Nitya Nand, Alissa Koski, Ellie Mirzabagi, Steve Brooke, Breanne Grady and Luke C Mullany
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:386
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  13. This study aimed to assess fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) among RhD negative pregnant mothers using two techniques, Kleihauer-Betke (KBT) and Flow cytometry (FCM). To determine if patient-specific doses of prop...

    Authors: Fekadu Urgessa, Aster Tsegaye, Yirgu Gebrehiwot and Asaye Birhanu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:358
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  14. Breastfeeding is recognised as the optimal method for feeding infants with health gains made by reducing infectious diseases in infancy; and chronic diseases, including obesity, in childhood, adolescence and a...

    Authors: Danielle Gallegos, Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Josephine Previte and Joy Parkinson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:374
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  15. Midwives are an influential profession and a key group in informing women about alcohol consumption in pregnancy and its consequences. There are no current quantitative Australian data on midwives' knowledge, ...

    Authors: Janet M Payne, Rochelle E Watkins, Heather M Jones, Tracy Reibel, Raewyn Mutch, Amanda Wilkins, Julie Whitlock and Carol Bower
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:377
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  16. In India a lack of access to emergency obstetric care contributes to maternal deaths. In 2005 Gujarat state launched a public-private partnership (PPP) programme, Chiranjeevi Yojana (CY), under which the state pa...

    Authors: Parthasarathi Ganguly, Kate Jehan, Ayesha de Costa, Dileep Mavalankar and Helen Smith
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:352
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  17. Preconception care is defined as the promotion of the health and well-being of a woman and her partner before pregnancy. Improving preconception health can result in improved reproductive health outcomes. Chin...

    Authors: Xinliang Zhao, Xiaoqing Jiang, Junzhen Zhu, Guozheng Li, Xiaoyan He, Fengying Ma, Qian Meng, Qinying Cao, Yucui Meng, Christopher Howson, Nanbert Zhong and Yaping Tian
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:360
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  18. Health authorities in numerous countries recommend periconceptional folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dietary folate intak...

    Authors: Verena Sengpiel, Jonas Bacelis, Ronny Myhre, Solveig Myking, Aase Serine Devold Pay, Margaretha Haugen, Anne-Lise Brantsæter, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Roy Miodini Nilsen, Per Magnus, Stein Emil Vollset, Staffan Nilsson and Bo Jacobsson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:375
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  19. A woman’s nutritional status before conception and during pregnancy is important for maternal health and the health of the foetus. The aim of the study was to compare diet intake in early pregnant women with n...

    Authors: Anette Lundqvist, Ingegerd Johansson, AnnaLena Wennberg, Johan Hultdin, Ulf Högberg, Katarina Hamberg and Herbert Sandström
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:373
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  20. Women who deliver preterm infants are at a much greater risk for repeating a preterm birth (PTB), compared to women without a history of PTB. However, little is known about the prevalence of the risk factors w...

    Authors: David A Webb, Leny Mathew and Jennifer F Culhane
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:368
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  21. Empowerment among women in the context of a romantic relationship may affect the use of reproductive healthcare services; however, current literature examining this association is limited and inconsistent. We ...

    Authors: Heather Sipsma, Angela Ofori-Atta, Maureen Canavan, Christopher Udry and Elizabeth Bradley
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:364
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  22. Antenatal care is of core importance for maternal and child health and is therefore a central aspect of mother and child health care. One of the main goals of effective screening in antenatal care is the detec...

    Authors: Sinja Alexandra Ernst, Anna Reeske, Jacob Spallek, Knud Petersen, Tilman Brand and Hajo Zeeb
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:371
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  23. Every year 1.5 million cesarean section procedures are performed worldwide. As many women decide to get pregnant again, the population of pregnant women with a history of cesarean section is growing rapidly. F...

    Authors: Michal Pomorski, Tomasz Fuchs and Mariusz Zimmer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:365
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  24. Available birth settings have diversified in Canada since the integration of regulated midwifery. Midwives are required to offer eligible women choice of birth place; and 25-30% of midwifery clients plan home ...

    Authors: Saraswathi Vedam, Kathrin Stoll, Laura Schummers, Nichole Fairbrother, Michael C Klein, Dana Thordarson, Jude Kornelsen, Shafik Dharamsi, Judy Rogers, Robert Liston and Janusz Kaczorowski
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:353
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  25. The association between fetal gender and pregnancy outcomes has been thoroughly demonstrated in western populations. However, this association has not been thoroughly documented in China. The primary objective...

    Authors: Lei Hou, Xin Wang, Guanghui Li, Liying Zou, Yi Chen and Weiyuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:372
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  26. Maternity care reform plans have been proposed at state and national levels in Australia, but the extent to which these respond to maternity care consumers’ expressed needs is unclear. This study examines open...

    Authors: Loretta C McKinnon, Samantha J Prosser and Yvette D Miller
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:366
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  27. Mindfulness interventions to reduce psychological distress are well-suited to pregnancy, due to their brief and non-pharmacological nature, but there is a need for more robust evidence determining their useful...

    Authors: Hannah Woolhouse, Kristine Mercuri, Fiona Judd and Stephanie J Brown
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:369
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  28. Post-term pregnancy, a pregnancy exceeding 294 days or 42 completed weeks, is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality and is considered a high-risk condition which requires specialist surve...

    Authors: Joep C Kortekaas, Aafke Bruinsma, Judit KJ Keulen, Jeroen van Dillen, Martijn A Oudijk, Joost J Zwart, Jannet JH Bakker, Dokie de Bont, Marianne Nieuwenhuijze, Pien M Offerhaus, Anton H van Kaam, Frank Vandenbussche, Ben Willem J Mol and Esteriek de Miranda
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:350
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  29. Obstetric ultrasound has come to play a significant role in obstetrics since its introduction in clinical care. Today, most pregnant women in the developed world are exposed to obstetric ultrasound examination...

    Authors: Kristina Edvardsson, Rhonda Small, Margareta Persson, Ann Lalos and Ingrid Mogren
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:363
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  30. A substantial reduction in neonatal deaths is required in India to meet the Millennium Development Goal of a two-thirds reduction in child mortality by 2015. We report neonatal mortality estimates and utilisat...

    Authors: G Anil Kumar, Rakhi Dandona, Priyanka Chaman, Priyanka Singh and Lalit Dandona
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:357
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  31. Women can experience a range of psychological problems after birth, including anxiety, depression and adjustment disorders. However, research has predominantly focused on depression. Qualitative work on women’...

    Authors: Rose Coates, Susan Ayers and Richard de Visser
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:359
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  32. Although obstetrician/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) play an important role in sickle cell disease (SCD) screening and patient care, there is little information on knowledge of SCD or sickle cell trait (SCT) or relat...

    Authors: Ijeoma C Azonobi, Britta L Anderson, Vanessa R Byams, Althea M Grant and Jay Schulkin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:356
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  33. A great association between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus has been suggested in literature. During pregnancy, this deficiency is even more critical. It appears that vitamin D insufficiency ...

    Authors: Ahmed El Lithy, Rana M Abdella, Yahia M El-Faissal, Ahmed M Sayed and Rasha M Abdel Samie
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:362
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  34. Repeat caesarean sections make a substantial contribution to the overall caesarean section rate. It is important to understand what influences women to choose this option when the alternative of attempting vag...

    Authors: Natalie Whitelaw, Siladitya Bhattacharya, David McLernon and Mairead Black
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:361
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  35. Emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) is a high impact priority intervention highly recommended for improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In 2008, Ethiopia conducted a national EmONC survey ...

    Authors: Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Mitike Molla Sisay, Alemnesh Tekelebirhan Reta and Mulu Muleta Bedane
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:354
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  36. Despite a gradual increase in breastfeeding rates, overall in the UK there are wide variations, with a trend towards breastfeeding rates at 6–8 weeks remaining below 40% in less affluent areas. While financial...

    Authors: Barbara Whelan, Kate J Thomas, Patrice Van Cleemput, Heather Whitford, Mark Strong, Mary J Renfrew, Elaine Scott and Clare Relton
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:355
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  38. Low maternal awareness of fetal movements is associated with negative birth outcomes. Knowledge regarding pregnant women’s compliance with programs of systematic self-assessment of fetal movements is needed. T...

    Authors: Mari-Cristin Malm, Ingela Rådestad, Christine Rubertsson, Ingegerd Hildingsson and Helena Lindgren
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:349
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  39. Refugees have poor mental, social and physical health related to experiences of trauma and stresses associated with settlement, however little is known about how refugee families experience maternity and early...

    Authors: Jane Yelland, Elisha Riggs, Sayed Wahidi, Fatema Fouladi, Sue Casey, Josef Szwarc, Philippa Duell-Piening, Donna Chesters and Stephanie Brown
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:348
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  40. In rural Bangladesh, more than 75% of all births occur at home in the absence of skilled birth attendants. Population-based data are lacking on the burden and risk factors for obstetric complications in settin...

    Authors: Shegufta S Sikder, Alain B Labrique, Abu A Shamim, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra, Lee Wu, Saijuddin Shaikh, Keith P West Jr and Parul Christian
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:347
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  41. Breastfeeding is associated with significant positive health outcomes for mothers and infants. However, despite recommendations from the World Health Organization, exclusive breastfeeding for six months is unc...

    Authors: Helen L McLachlan, Della A Forster, Lisa H Amir, Rhonda Small, Meabh Cullinane, Lyndsey F Watson and Touran Shafiei
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:346
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  42. Universal and high-risk screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been widely studied and debated. Few studies have assessed GDM screening in Asian populations and even fewer have compared Asian et...

    Authors: Yap-Seng Chong, Shirong Cai, Harvard Lin, Shu E Soh, Yung-Seng Lee, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Yiong-Huak Chan, Li Chen, Joanna D Holbrook, Kok-Hian Tan, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, George Seow-Heong Yeo, Michael S Kramer, Seang-Mei Saw, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:345
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  43. In Pakistan, 51% of women are anaemic in pregnancy yet only 44% of women use antenatal iron-folic acid (IFA) supplements. Little information exits on the perception and barriers to the use of IFA supplements d...

    Authors: Yasir Bin Nisar, Ashraful Alam, Brekhna Aurangzeb and Michael J Dibley
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:344
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  44. In Sweden, midwives play prominent supportive role in antenatal care by counselling and promoting healthy lifestyles. This study aimed to explore how Swedish midwives experience the counselling of pregnant wom...

    Authors: Maria Lindqvist, Ingrid Mogren, Eva Eurenius, Kristina Edvardsson and Margareta Persson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:343
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  45. Cultural practice have often overlooked when providing maternal and child health care services. Low birth weight is the second cause of neonatal mortality in the world but it is a major factor in a developing ...

    Authors: Rosnah Sutan and Satrinawati Berkat
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:342
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  46. Nigeria’s high perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) could be most effectively reduced by targeting factors that are associated with increased newborn deaths. Low access to skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and weak h...

    Authors: Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Lucky Osaheni Lawani, Euzebus Chinonye Ezugwu, Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Agozie C Ubesie and Robinson Chukwudi Onoh
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:341
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  47. This study tested if second trimester amniotic fluid cytokine levels, Ureaplasma sp. colonisation and sexual activity predict preterm birth and explain the differential preterm birth rates in Chinese compared to ...

    Authors: Matthew S Payne, Zhenhua Feng, Shaofu Li, Dorota A Doherty, Biyun Xu, Jie Li, Lenan Liu, Jeffrey A Keelan, Yi Hua Zhou, Jan E Dickinson, Yali Hu and John P Newnham
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:340
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  48. Suboptimal weight gain during pregnancy may result in adverse outcomes for both the mother and child, including increased risk of pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes, delivery of low birth weight and small-...

    Authors: Sarah Hanieh, Tran T Ha, Julie A Simpson, Tran T Thuy, Nguyen C Khuong, Dang D Thoang, Thach D Tran, Tran Tuan, Jane Fisher and Beverley-Ann Biggs
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:339
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  49. Neonatal mortality reduction in China over past two decades was reported from nationwide sampling surveys, however, how high risk pregnancy affected neonatal outcome is unknown. The objective of this study was...

    Authors: Libo Sun, Hongni Yue, Bo Sun, Liangrong Han, Zhaofang Tian, Meihua Qi, Shuyan Lu, Chunming Shan, Jianxin Luo, Yujing Fan, Shouzhong Li, Maotian Dong, Xiaofeng Zuo, Yixing Zhang, Wenlong Lin, Jinzhong Xu…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:338
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  50. Preterm birth is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, resulting in a pressing need to identify risk factors leading to effective interventions. Limited evidence suggests potential re...

    Authors: Sandhya Kajeepeta, Sixto E Sanchez, Bizu Gelaye, Chunfang Qiu, Yasmin V Barrios, Daniel A Enquobahrie and Michelle A Williams
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:337
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