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MedicineOffspringEtiologyPregnancyRisk factorCongenital malformationsHeart diseaseCase-control studyPediatricsTeratologyEpidemiologyObstetricsGestationInternal medicine
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- 1990
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- article
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- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 348-356
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- 58
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J. Tikkanen,
Olli P. Heinonen
(1990).
Risk factors for cardiovascular malformations in Finland.
European Journal of Epidemiology
, 6
(4)
, 348-356.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00151707
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- 10.1007/bf00151707