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Background Full-cohort and sibling-comparison designs have yielded inconsistent results about the impacts of caesarean delivery on offspring health outcomes, with the effect estimates from the latter being more likely directed towards the null value.
Hong-zhao Yu+6 more
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Reproductive Health and Reproductive Vulnerability
Reproductive health represents, almost to an equal extent, a socio-cultural and a medical fact. What influences it, both positively and negatively, stems from the ways in which we culturally cognize and act with regard to reproductive behavior.
Bojan Žikić
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Reproductive environmental health [PDF]
There is heightened recognition that the environment is an important driver of human reproductive health. This article provides an overview of the nature and extent of the science in the field of reproductive environmental health and its implications for OB/GYN clinical practice.Women of childbearing age incur ubiquitous contact to numerous toxic ...
Tracey J. Woodruff+2 more
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Preterm delivery rate in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Preterm delivery rate is a crucial public health indicator, yet reliable statistic is currently not available in China. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to review studies on preterm delivery rate in China, explore sources ...
Qinfeng Song+5 more
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Micronuclei, reproduction and child health [PDF]
The current review looks for relationships between results from biomarker studies with micronucleus and health effects related to reproduction and children. In adults, an age related increase in MN is well known as well as associations with environmental exposures especially air pollution from traffic and smoking.
Knudsen, Lisbeth E.+1 more
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Association of maternal BMI during early pregnancy with infant anemia: a large Chinese birth cohort
Background Infant anemia is prevalent in low- and middle-income countries. Maternal body mass index (BMI) is associated with serum ferritin in cord blood, but as yet has not been linked to infant anemia.
Shaohua Yin+7 more
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Reproductive health at the crossroads [PDF]
Twenty-five years ago, in 1990, family planning (FP) professionals were concerned about the implications of European Community (EC) policies for future directions regarding service delivery. With budgetary threats in the UK, the value of contraceptive services for avoiding abortions and improving maternal health was highlighted.
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Background Accurately measuring stigmatized experiences is a challenge across reproductive health research. In this study, we tested a novel method – the list experiment – that aims to reduce underreporting of sensitive events by asking participants to ...
Heidi Moseson+4 more
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What prevents midwifery quality care in Bangladesh? A focus group enquiry with midwifery students
Background With professional midwives being introduced in Bangladesh in 2013, the aim of this study was to describe midwifery students perceptions on midwives’ realities in Bangladesh, based on their own experiences. Method Data were collected through 14
Malin Bogren+3 more
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Background The association between maternal consumption of sprouted potato during periconceptional period on the development of neural tube defects (NTDs) or orofacial clefts (OFCs) remains unclear.
Wenli Ni+5 more
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