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. 2020 Dec;10(2):020358.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020358.

COVID 19 and BAME health care staff: Wrong place at the wrong time

Faisal Bashir Chaudhry  1 , Samavia Raza  1 , Khurram Zeeshan Raja  2 , Usman Ahmad  3
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COVID 19 and BAME health care staff: Wrong place at the wrong time

Faisal Bashir Chaudhry et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Photo: Collage of BAME health care workers in the NHS (from Faisal Bashir Chaudhry’s collection, used with permission).
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