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. 2021 Mar:104:592-593.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.050. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Why are COVID-19 fatality rates among medical doctors higher than those among medical nurses?

Deepak Gupta  1
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Why are COVID-19 fatality rates among medical doctors higher than those among medical nurses?

Deepak Gupta. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Case fatality rates; Medical doctors; Medical nurses.

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    Erdem H, Lucey DR. Erdem H, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;104:670. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.052. Epub 2021 Jan 29. Int J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33524619 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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