Low Birth Weight is More Common in Food Insecure Pregnant Malawian Women with Moderate Malnutrition
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.639.10