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. 2021 Jan 7:18:E03.
doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200627.

An Ounce of Prevention Is Still Worth a Pound of Cure, Especially in the Time of COVID-19

Karen A Hacker  1 , Peter A Briss  2
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An Ounce of Prevention Is Still Worth a Pound of Cure, Especially in the Time of COVID-19

Karen A Hacker et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .
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