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Comment
. 2020 Jul:79:202-203.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.084. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

Children returning to schools following COVID-19: A balance of probabilities - Letter to the Editor

Nora Khattab  1 , Abdallah Abbas  2 , Abdul-Rahman Abbas  3 , Sara Fatima Memon  4
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Children returning to schools following COVID-19: A balance of probabilities - Letter to the Editor

Nora Khattab et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Children; Coronavirus; Education; Pandemic; School; Transmission.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest We, Ms Nora Khattab, Mr Abdallah Abbas, Mr Abdul-Rahman Abbas and Ms Sara Fatima Memon, do not report any conflicts of interest in the writing of this letter.

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