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    Two doses of tetanus toxoid will provide immunity in approximately 90 % of pregnant women.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Ariel Wagner B.A., M.D./M.M.Sc. (candidate)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Veronica Maria Pimentel M.D., M.S.

  3. Emergency Medicine, Global Health and Human Rights, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Melody J. Eckardt M.D., M.P.H.

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  1. Ariel Wagner B.A., M.D./M.M.Sc. (candidate)
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  1. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nupur Gupta

  2. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Brett D. Nelson

  3. Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Jennifer Kasper

  4. Global Health Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Hibberd

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Wagner, A., Pimentel, V.M., Eckardt, M.J. (2014). Maternal Health. In: Gupta, N., Nelson, B., Kasper, J., Hibberd, P. (eds) The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5_6

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