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Smoking and pregnancy

Jessica H Ford and Annette J Dobson
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06279.x
Published online: 5 September 2004

Jessica H Ford,* Annette J Dobson†


  • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006.


Correspondence: A.Dobson@sph.uq.edu.au

Acknowledgements: 

This work was supported by a grant from the Medical Benefits Fund of Australia.

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