Albert Luguterah and Kaku Sagary Nokoe. Pre-Pregnancy Risk Factors for Intrauterine Fetal Mortality in Ghana.
. 2013; 1(5):124-128. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-1-5-3
fetal mortality, intrauterine, bad obstetric history, first trimester, risk, fetal survival
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