COVID-19 experience in Kuwait: A high prevalence of asymptomatic cases and increased mortality in smokers

. 2020 Jul 14:24:100462.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100462. eCollection 2020 Jul.

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Awadhesh Kumar Singh. EClinicalMedicine. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 14:24:100462.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100462. eCollection 2020 Jul.

¹ Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, G.D Hospital & Diabetes Institute, Kolkata, India.

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