Body size and time-to-pregnancy in black women.

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Published in Hum Reprod on August 19, 2013

Authors

Lauren A Wise1, Julie R Palmer, Lynn Rosenberg

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1: Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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