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. 2021 Jan 12;325(2):123-124.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.24865.

COVID-19 as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States

Steven H Woolf  1 , Derek A Chapman  1   2 , Jong Hyung Lee  2
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COVID-19 as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States

Steven H Woolf et al. JAMA. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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  • Deaths From COVID-19.
    Koh HK, Geller AC, VanderWeele TJ. Koh HK, et al. JAMA. 2021 Jan 12;325(2):133-134. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.25381. JAMA. 2021. PMID: 33331884 No abstract available.

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