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Social Inequities Between Prenatal Patients in Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology with Similar Outcomes

Michael Partin, Ana Sanchez, Jessica Poulson, Arthur Berg, Jessica Parascando and Sarah Ines Ramirez
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 181-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200279

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