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Comment
. 2020 Apr 6;192(14):E384.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.75230.

COVID-19 outbreak measures may indirectly lead to greater burden on hospitals

George A Heckman  1 , Margaret Saari  2 , Caitlin McArthur  3 , Nathalie I H Wellens  4 , John P Hirdes  5
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COVID-19 outbreak measures may indirectly lead to greater burden on hospitals

George A Heckman et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: All authors are members of interRAI, a not-for-profit international scientific organization. They are writing on behalf of interRAI.

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