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The rise in obstetric intervention with maternal age: a continuous phenomenon

A. R. Sizer, S. C. Thomas, P. C. Lindsay Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, UK
Pages 246-249 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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