
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>How the March of Dimes Fights Birth Defects</dc:title>
  <dc:subject>Congenital Abnormalities</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Infant</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>In this article for a New Jersey newspaper, Apgar discussed traditional beliefs that mothers were at fault when their children were born with defects or undesirable characteristics (e.g., the &quot;wrong&quot; gender). She explained how recent research had &quot;made mincemeat&quot; of such assumptions, and how the March of Dimes planned to sponsor research exploring the father&apos;s genetic responsibility in such cases.</dc:description>
  <dc:publisher>The Paterson, N.J. Morning News, 4 January 1968</dc:publisher>
  <dc:contributor>Paterson, N.J. Morning News</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Apgar, Virginia</dc:contributor>
  <dc:type>Articles</dc:type>
  <dc:format>Archival Materials</dc:format>
  <dc:format>Text</dc:format>
  <dc:format>1 pages</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>nlm:nlmuid-101584647X91-doc</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>101584647X91</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X91</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>Profiles ID: CPBBGJ</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>English</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>Profiles in Science</dc:relation>
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