Lebenbaum, Michael
Stukel, Therese A.
Saunders, Natasha Ruth
Lu, Hong
Urquia, Marcelo
Kurdyak, Paul
Guttmann, Astrid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8177-2253
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Applied Chair in Reproductive and Child Health Services)
Article History
Received: 26 May 2020
Accepted: 28 March 2021
First Online: 16 April 2021
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: All authors have no conflicts of interest/competing interest to disclose.