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To the Editor: Regarding the article by Rawlings et al. (Jan. 12 issue),¹ we wonder whether a short interpregnancy interval might be confounded by factors that were not considered in the analysis. Although all the women studied were drawn from military families with access to high-quality health care, no information was provided about the proportion of mothers who worked and what types of occupations they had. Since it has previously been shown that physical exertion associated with employment in the Army may increase the risk of preterm delivery,² might a racial difference in employment patterns account to some extent for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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