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Immigrant Women to the UK Adopt Unhealthy Maternal Behaviors
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Title Immigrant Women to the UK Adopt Unhealthy Maternal Behaviors
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572851?src=rss
Description Women of ethnic minority groups who immigrate to the UK are initially less likely than white women born there to drink alcohol or smoke during pregnancy and more likely to breast-feed their infants. However, maternal health behaviors tend to worsen with length of residency in the UK, investigators report in the April 11th issue of BMJ Online First. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Date Apr 12, 2008
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