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Comment
. 2020 Nov;213(9):431-431.e1.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50803. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

Travel restrictions and evidence-based decision making for novel epidemics

Jessica Stanhope #  1 , Philip Weinstein #  1
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Comment

Travel restrictions and evidence-based decision making for novel epidemics

Jessica Stanhope et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Evidence-based medicine; Infectious diseases; Respiratory tract infections; Travel medicine.

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