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Birth rate drops when obstetricians leave town -- Dobson 335 (7610): 66 -- BMJ
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Submitted by maverick99 11 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 21 hours ago
New research shows that when obstetricians and gynaecologists are away at national conferences the number of births drops (Social Science and Medicine 2007 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.034). Researchers found that the number of births dropped by up to 4% during five day key annual conferences in the United States and Australia, with nearly 1000 births affected. "Since it is unlikely that parents take these conferences into account when conceiving their child, this suggests that medi
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