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. 2021 Mar;6(3):e004612.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004612.

African authorship on African papers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antoinette Vanessa Naidoo  1 , Peter Hodkinson  1 , Lauren Lai King  1 , Lee A Wallis  2
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African authorship on African papers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antoinette Vanessa Naidoo et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; health services research.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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