REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES IN THE WOMEN OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF THE NORTH. I. THE SPOUSES OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS: PREGNANCY LOSS, AGE AT MENARCHE, AND EXPOSURES TO PESTICIDES

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