An Ounce of Prevention and a Pound of Cure: Randomized Clinical Trials of Therapeutics Against COVID-19 and an Assessment of Personal Protective Equipment and Distancing

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David J Sher. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 1;108(2):333-336.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.08.001.

¹ University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: David.Sher@utsouthwestern.edu.

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