Healthier on arrival? Further insight into the "healthy immigrant effect"
Open Access
- 8 May 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 176 (10) , 1439-1440
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070395
Abstract
In this issue Ray and colleagues[1][1] explore the relation between immigration to Canada (Ontario specifically) and the risk of placental dysfunction. Quantifying a triad of obstetric complications (pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, placental abruption and placental infarction), the study team observedThis publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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