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The Interplay between Maternal Smoking and Genes in Offspring Birth Weight

Rita Dias Pereira, Cornelius A. Rietveld and Hans van Kippersluis
Published online before print August 05, 2022, 1020-11266R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1020-11266R2
Rita Dias Pereira
2Rita Dias Pereira is affiliated with Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute. She is the corresponding author: .
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Cornelius A. Rietveld
3Cornelius A. Rietveld is affiliated with Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Hans van Kippersluis
4Hans van Kippersluis is affiliated with Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute.
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