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Comment
. 2020 Sep;74(9):766-767.
doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214617. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Flattening the curve of new publications on COVID-19

Alexandre Balaphas  1 , Kyriaki Gkoufa  2 , Marie-Josée Daly  3 , Timothée de Valence  3
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Flattening the curve of new publications on COVID-19

Alexandre Balaphas et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemics; clinical epidemiology; mortality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Dr Alexandre Balaphas and Dr Gkoufa are running studies on COVID-19.

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(A) Cumulative number of publications using the keyword COVID-19 on Medline and cumulative number of deaths worldwide plotted against the number of days since the first reported death. (B) Smoothened (non-parametric regression) growth rates of new deaths caused by COVID-19 and new publications on this topic. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
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