Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 121-126 , September 2007

The project: Having a baby over 35 years

  • Mary Carolan

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Received 21 December 2006 ,Revised 14 May 2007 ,Accepted 16 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.05.004

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