Pregnancy and the risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 infection: methodological challenges and research recommendations.

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School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Published: January 2022

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