SAFETY OF TETANUS TOXOID IN PREGNANT-WOMEN - A HOSPITAL-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES

Authors
SILVEIRA CM CACERES VM DUTRA MG LOPESCAMELO J CASTILLA EE
Citation
Cm. Silveira et al., SAFETY OF TETANUS TOXOID IN PREGNANT-WOMEN - A HOSPITAL-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 73(5), 1995, pp. 605-608
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Bulletin of the World Health Organization → ACNP
ISSN journal
00429686
Volume
73
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
605 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-9686(1995)73:5<605:SOTTIP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Reported are the results of the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC), a hospital-based case-control study of 34 293 malformed and 34 477 matched nonmalformed newborn controls. No statistical differences were found between the malformed and contr ol groups, exposed or not exposed to tetanus toroid.