Preterm birth rates in Chinese women in China, Hong Kong and Australia - the price of Westernisation.

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Published in Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol on June 23, 2011

Authors

John P Newnham1, Daljit S Sahota, Chun Yan Zhang, Biyun Xu, Mingming Zheng, Dorota A Doherty, Shaofu Li, Tony Chung, Yali Hu

Author Affiliations

1: The School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. john.newnham@uwa.edu.au

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