Outdoor mass gathering events and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Catalonia (North-East Spain)

Oren Miron^{1

2

3}, Kun-Hsing Yu^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
³ Branch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Israel.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Oren Miron et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 22:15:100350.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100350. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Oren Miron^{1

2

3}, Kun-Hsing Yu^{1

4}

¹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
³ Branch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Israel.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare no relevant competing interests.

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