Healthier mothers and babies

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 48, Issue 38, 1999, Pages 849-858

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ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

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