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Editorial
. 2020 Sep 1;98(9):583-583A.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.263467.

COVID-19 response measures and violence against children

Amiya Bhatia  1 , Camilla Fabbri  1 , Ilan Cerna-Turoff  1 , Clare Tanton  1 , Louise Knight  1 , Ellen Turner  1 , Michelle Lokot  1 , Shelley Lees  1 , Ben Cislaghi  1 , Amber Peterman  2 , Alessandra Guedes  3 , Karen Devries  1
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Editorial

COVID-19 response measures and violence against children

Amiya Bhatia et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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