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Review Article

Maternal and fetal hypothermia: more preventive compliance is required for a mother and her fetus while undergoing cesarean delivery; a quality improvement review

R. Douglas WilsonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gregg NelsonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Pages 8652-8665 | Received 06 Jul 2021, Accepted 11 Oct 2021, Published online: 24 Oct 2021

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Appendix Table 1 References

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