Is Tdap the Best Prevention We Have Against Pertussis Disease?
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Effectiveness of Prenatal Tdap Immunization in the Prevention of Infant Pertussis in the United States
At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), Leon, Nicaragua; Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Adolescent Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1054-139X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.03.005