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- Position statement: exercise in pregnancy, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK. More information here.
- Exercise in pregnancy,Sports Medicine Australia. More information here.
- Jeffreys, R, 2005, ‘The pregnant exerciser: an argument for exercise as a means to support pregnancy’, in ACSM’s Certified News, vol. 15, no. 3, p.4. More information here.
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