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. 2020 Jul:77:153-155.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.05.043. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

COVID-19: The Waterloo of governments, healthcare systems, and large health organizations

Michael Douma  1 , Konstantinos P Imprialos  2 , Dimitrios Patoulias  2 , Alexandra Katsimardou  2 , Konstantinos Stavropoulos  2
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COVID-19: The Waterloo of governments, healthcare systems, and large health organizations

Michael Douma et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul.
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