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Vol. 148 No. 0506 (2018)

Diet, medication use and drug intake during pregnancy: data from the Swiss Health Surveys 2007 and 2012

  • Antonios E. Koutelidakis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14592
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14592
Published
07.02.2018

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