Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Prevention of Low Birth Weight/Preterm Birth

Prepared by Orlando P. da Silva, MD, FRCPC Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, The University of Western Ontario

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in April 1994

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