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01-04-2021 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editor

SARS-CoV-2: an occupational hazard presenting challenges for low- and middle-income countries

Authors: Jacqueline P Duncan, J. Peter Figueroa

Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Issue 3/2021

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Title: SARS-CoV-2: an occupational hazard presenting challenges for low- and middle-income countries
Authors: Jacqueline P Duncan
J. Peter Figueroa
Publication date: 01-04-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01680-4

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