Comparisons between countries are essential for the control of COVID-19

Neil Pearce¹, Deborah A Lawlor^{2

3}, Elizabeth B Brickley¹

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ Population Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Neil Pearce et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 1;49(4):1059-1062.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa108.

Neil Pearce¹, Deborah A Lawlor^{2

3}, Elizabeth B Brickley¹

¹ Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ Population Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

No abstract available

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