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. 2020 May 2;395(10234):1418-1420.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission

James R M Black  1 , Chris Bailey  2 , Joanna Przewrocka  2 , Krijn K Dijkstra  2 , Charles Swanton  3
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COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission

James R M Black et al. Lancet. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet. 2020 May 2;395(10234):1422. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30924-7. Epub 2020 Apr 17. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32311319 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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