Re: Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician, Research, Sept. 15.1 Would higher rates of smokers among the group of “planned hospital birth with physician” be capable of explaining, at least partially, the unfavourable outcomes for this group?
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REFERENCE
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