Risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness in healthcare workers: Too many unknowns

Pandora L Wander^{1

2}, Marika Orlov², Susan E Merel¹, Daniel A Enquobahrie³

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¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
² Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

PMID: 32336303
PMCID: PMC7203168
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.178

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Risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness in healthcare workers: Too many unknowns

Pandora L Wander et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;41(11):1369-1370.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.178. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Pandora L Wander^{1

2}, Marika Orlov², Susan E Merel¹, Daniel A Enquobahrie³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
² Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

PMID: 32336303
PMCID: PMC7203168
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.178

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