Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer incidence and mortality

Affiliations

¹ Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
² Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: alison.galvani@yale.edu.

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Chad R Wells et al. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;7(6):e490-e491.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00111-6.

¹ Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
² Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: alison.galvani@yale.edu.

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