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. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2034001.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34001.

Factors Associated With US Public Motivation to Use and Distribute COVID-19 Self-tests

Cedric Bien-Gund  1 , Karen Dugosh  2 , Trisha Acri  2 , Kathleen Brady  3 , Harsha Thirumurthy  4 , Jessica Fishman  5 , Robert Gross  1
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Factors Associated With US Public Motivation to Use and Distribute COVID-19 Self-tests

Cedric Bien-Gund et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This survey study examines factors associated with motivation to use and distribute self-tests for COVID-19 infection among US adults.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Brady reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the submitted work. Dr Thirumurthy reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation outside the submitted work. Dr Gross reported receiving grants from the NIH during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Pfizer outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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