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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul-Aug;14(4):380-382.
doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Obesity and COVID-19: The clash of two pandemics

Marvin Wei Jie Chua  1 , Shuwei Zheng  1
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Case Reports

Obesity and COVID-19: The clash of two pandemics

Marvin Wei Jie Chua et al. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2020 Jul-Aug.
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