A time to be born.

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Published in Am J Public Health on January 01, 2000

Authors

M Anderka1, E R Declercq, W Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Office of Statistics and Evaluation, Bureau of Family and Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston 02108-4619, USA. marlene.anderka@state.ma.us

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