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Socioeconomic inequalities in very preterm birth rates
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016This may be due to testosterone levels...Show More
Dear Editor,
A case may be made that increased maternal testosterone is involved in increased preterm births. Black, pregnant women produce more testosterone than white women (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14: 1514-20) and black births exhibit increased premature births.
Learning disabilities in children have been connected with increased testosterone (Physiol Behav 1993; 53: 583-6). Populations...
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