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. 2020 Oct:281:103512.
doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103512. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Altitude and excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Andres Quevedo-Ramirez  1 , Ali Al-Kassab-Córdova  2 , Carolina Mendez-Guerra  2 , Gonzalo Cornejo-Venegas  2 , Kenedy P Alva-Chavez  3
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Altitude and excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Andres Quevedo-Ramirez et al. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2020 Oct.
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Correlation between excess mortality rate and altitude.
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