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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF BIRTH WEIGHT DISCORDANCE AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2016

SHAYESTEH JAHANFAR  and
KENNETH LIM
SHAYESTEH JAHANFAR*
Affiliation:
School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
KENNETH LIM
Affiliation:
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, BC Women's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Shayesteh Jahanfar, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. Email: Shayesteh.jahanfar@ubc.ca
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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 25 , Issue 3-4 , November 2014 , pp. 232 - 262
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