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01-12-2021 | COVID-19 | Brief Research Report

Preliminary report of drive-through screening COVID-19 screening process in a large suburban community

Authors: Anne Ledvina, Ronny Otero, Jessica Hamilton, Carol Clark, Aveh Bastani, James Ziadeh, Jeffrey Ditkoff, Robert Swor

Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2021

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Title: Preliminary report of drive-through screening COVID-19 screening process in a large suburban community
Authors: Anne Ledvina
Ronny Otero
Jessica Hamilton
Carol Clark
Aveh Bastani
James Ziadeh
Jeffrey Ditkoff
Robert Swor
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1865-1372
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00340-1

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