Is cesarean section a safe delivery method to prevent mother to child transmission of SARS-CoV-2?

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  • Fatemeh Abdi Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
  • Negin Shaterian Student Research Committee, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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volume 78  issue 5

pages  337- 338

publication date 2020-08

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