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Comment
. 2020 Oct 20;117(42):25975-25976.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016831117. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Dangerous to claim "no clear association" between intergenerational relationships and COVID-19

Jennifer Beam Dowd  1   2 , Per Block  3   2 , Valentina Rotondi  3   2 , Melinda C Mills  3   2
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Dangerous to claim "no clear association" between intergenerational relationships and COVID-19

Jennifer Beam Dowd et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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