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. 2020 Aug 10;192(32):E921-E927.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201008. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Addressing the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the health of children and young people

Neil Chanchlani  1 , Francine Buchanan  2 , Peter J Gill  2
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Addressing the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the health of children and young people

Neil Chanchlani et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Neil Chanchlani declares a clinical research fellowship funded by Crohn’s and Colitis UK. No other competing interests were declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Weekly changes in Vaccines for Children Program provider orders* and Vaccine Safety Datalink doses administered† for routine pediatric vaccines — United States, Jan. 6–Apr. 19, 2020. *Vaccines for Children Program data represent the difference in cumulative doses of program-funded non-influenza and measles-containing vaccines ordered by health care providers at weekly intervals between Jan. 7–Apr. 21, 2019, and Jan. 6–Apr. 19, 2020. †Vaccine Safety Datalink data depict weekly measles-containing vaccine doses administered by age group (age ≤ 24 mo and > 24 mo–18 yr).
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Coronavirus disease 2019 fact sheet for 6- to 12-year-olds. Reproduced with permission from the COVID-19 Health Literacy Project (https://covid19healthliteracyproject.com/#).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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