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Published on in Vol 22, No 5 (2020): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/15773, first published .
A Mobile App Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Healthy Nutrition in Women Before and During Early Pregnancy: Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mobile App Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Healthy Nutrition in Women Before and During Early Pregnancy: Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mobile App Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Healthy Nutrition in Women Before and During Early Pregnancy: Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Matthijs R van Dijk1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maria P H Koster1 Author Orcid Image ;   Elsje C Oostingh1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sten P Willemsen2 Author Orcid Image ;   Eric A P Steegers1 Author Orcid Image ;   Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen1 Author Orcid Image
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