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Comment
. 2020 Jul 13;192(28):E814.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.75780.

Health care providers must be alert for violence against children during the pandemic

Kristopher T Kang  1 , Nita Jain  2
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Health care providers must be alert for violence against children during the pandemic

Kristopher T Kang et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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