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. 2014 Jun 14;383(9934):2030-2032.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60225-7. Epub 2014 May 20.

Mass gatherings medicine: international cooperation and progress

Ziad A Memish  1 , Alimuddin Zumla  2 , Brian McCloskey  3 , David Heymann  4 , Abdullah A Al Rabeeah  5 , Maurizio Barbeschi  6 , Richard Horton  7
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Mass gatherings medicine: international cooperation and progress

Ziad A Memish et al. Lancet. .
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Crowds of people at the London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford on Aug 9, 2012
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Muslim pilgrims circumperambulate the Ka'aba during the Hajj in Makkah, Saudia Arabia, on Oct 17, 2013
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