Stillbirth: Case Definition and Guidelines for Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation of Maternal Immunization Safety Data

Overview

Journal Vaccine

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2016 Jul 20

PMID 27431422

Citations 83

Authors

Fernanda Tavares Da Silva

Bernard Gonik

Mark McMillan

Cheryl Keech

Stephanie Dellicour

Shraddha Bhange

Mihaela Tila

Diana M Harper

Charles Woods

Alison Tse Kawai

Sonali Kochhar

Flor M Munoz

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