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Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and International Immigration Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Annals of Global Health
Volume 88 (2022): Issue 1
By: Samira Behboudi-Gandevani,  Razieh Bidhendi-Yarandi,  Mohammad Hossein Panahi,  Abbas Mardani,  Piret Paal,  Christina Prinds and  Mojtaba Vaismoradi  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3591 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 26, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 2, 2022
Published on: Jun 28, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes,
International immigration,
Meta-analysis

© 2022 Samira Behboudi-Gandevani, Razieh Bidhendi-Yarandi, Mohammad Hossein Panahi, Abbas Mardani, Piret Paal, Christina Prinds, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, published by Ubiquity Press
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