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. 2020 Aug;111(4):490-491.
doi: 10.17269/s41997-020-00376-5. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Scrolling for data or doom during COVID-19?

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Scrolling for data or doom during COVID-19?

Paige Paulsen et al. Can J Public Health. 2020 Aug.
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