Journal of Pregnancy has retracted the article titled “Antenatal Steroid Therapy for Fetal Lung Maturation and the Subsequent Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Longitudinal Analysis” [1]. The article was found to contain a substantial amount of material from the following published article by the same authors: D. Pole, C. A. Mustard, T. To, J. Beyene, and A. C. Allen, “Antenatal steroid therapy for fetal lung maturation: is there an association with childhood asthma?” Journal of Asthma, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 47–52, 2009. That article was cited in the “Methods” section, but not discussed.
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Retracted: Antenatal Steroid Therapy for Fetal Lung Maturation and the Subsequent Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Longitudinal Analysis
Received06 Sept 2016
Accepted06 Sept 2016
Published12 Oct 2016
References
J. D. Pole, C. A. Mustard, T. To, J. Beyene, and A. C. Allen, “Antenatal steroid therapy for fetal lung maturation and the subsequent risk of childhood asthma: a longitudinal analysis,” Journal of Pregnancy, vol. 2010, Article ID 789748, 9 pages, 2010.
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