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Background
Results
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Objectives
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Methods
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Data ascertainment
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Outcomes
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We would like to thank the Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for providing organizational support to the Canadian Preterm Birth Network and this project. The Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre is supported by funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PBN150642) and Mount Sinai Hospital.
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