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. 2020 Dec;10(2):020378.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020378.

Risk of congenital birth defects during COVID-19 pandemic: Draw attention to the physicians and policymakers

Md Sakirul Islam Khan  1 , Hiroaki Nabeka  1 , Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar  2 , Mamun Al Mahtab  3 , Tetsuya Shimokawa  1 , Farzana Islam  1 , Seiji Matsuda  1
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Risk of congenital birth defects during COVID-19 pandemic: Draw attention to the physicians and policymakers

Md Sakirul Islam Khan et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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