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Leslie Farland, William J. Degnan, Holly R. Harris, Jiali Han, Eunyoung Cho, Trang VoPham, Marina Kvaskoff, Stacey A. Missmer
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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Luhua Yu, Tiezheng Li, Zongming Yang, Xinhan Zhang, Lisha Xu, Yonghao Wu, Zhebin Yu, Peng Shen, Hongbo Lin, Liming Shui, Mengling Tang, Mingjuan Jin, Kun Chen, Jianbing Wang
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
A. Subramanian, A. Z. Steiner, C. R. Weinberg, G. L. Doss, A. M. Z. Jukic
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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
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(2021)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mia Noergaard, Ditte Resendal Gotfredsen, Anne Mette Skov Sorensen, Jon Traerup Andersen
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BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
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Fei Luo, Qian Chen, Guoqi Yu, Xiaona Huo, Hui Wang, Min Nian, Ying Tian, Jian Xu, Jingsong Zhang, Jun Zhang, Shanghai Birth Cohort
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FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
De-Kun Li, Hong Chen, Jeannette R. Ferber, Roxana Odouli, Charles Quesenberry
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Amelia K. Wesselink, Lauren A. Wise, Elizabeth E. Hatch, Ellen M. Mikkelsen, David A. Savitz, Kipruto Kirwa, Kenneth J. Rothman
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ha Nguyen, Seppe Segers, Maryse Ledent, Roel Anthonissen, Luc Verschaeve, Maurice Hinsenkamp, Jean-Francois Collard, Veronique Feipel, Birgit Mertens
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Environmental Sciences
Shuangshuang Zhao, Xu Yang, Qing Xu, Hang Li, Yan Su, Qiaoqiao Xu, Qing X. Li, Yankai Xia, Rong Shen
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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
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Environmental Sciences
Minxue Shen, Chengcheng Zhang, Xiping Yi, Jian Guo, Shuaishuai Xu, Zhijun Huang, Meian He, Xiang Chen, Dan Luo, Fei Yang
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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Kexin Yu, Qingli Zhang, Xia Meng, Lina Zhang, Haidong Kan, Renjie Chen
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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
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Psychology, Clinical
Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Louise Arseneault, Alain Girard, Isabelle Ouellet-Morin, Chris Power
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PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
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BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2016)
Review
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Xue Ni, Ning Xu, Qiang Wang
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2018)
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Allergy
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Environmental Sciences
Ning Xu, Xifang Lv, Chuanchuan Yu, Yafei Guo, Kexing Zhang, Qiang Wang
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Bei Zhang, Hui Sun, Qiang Wang
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Allergy
Ping Zheng, Kexing Zhang, Xifang Lv, Chuanhe Liu, Qiang Wang, Xuetao Bai
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BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
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Xue Ni, Bei Zhang, Ning Xu, Xinying Zeng, Qiang Wang
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