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. 2021 Jan/Feb:27 Suppl 1, COVID-19 and Public Health: Looking Back, Moving Forward:S11-S13.
doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001281.

Public Health Officials and COVID-19: Leadership, Politics, and the Pandemic

Paul K Halverson  1 , Valerie A Yeager, Nir Menachemi, Michael R Fraser, Lori T Freeman
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Public Health Officials and COVID-19: Leadership, Politics, and the Pandemic

Paul K Halverson et al. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 Jan/Feb.
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