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. 2020 Jun 20;395(10241):1888-1890.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31255-1. Epub 2020 May 29.

The right to health must guide responses to COVID-19

Dainius Pūras  1 , Judith Bueno de Mesquita  2 , Luisa Cabal  3 , Allan Maleche  4 , Benjamin Mason Meier  5
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The right to health must guide responses to COVID-19

Dainius Pūras et al. Lancet. .
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