COVID-19: a new work-related disease threatening healthcare workers

Lode Godderis^{1

2}, Anke Boone¹, Jelena Bakusic¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
² IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium.

Editorial

Lode Godderis et al. Occup Med (Lond). 2020.

. 2020 Jul 17;70(5):315-316.

doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa056.

Lode Godderis^{1

2}, Anke Boone¹, Jelena Bakusic¹

¹ Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
² IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium.

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Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease: A key factor in containing risk of COVID-19 infection.
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