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Suez Canal blockage and its global impact on healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
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Affiliations- School of Medicine, Centro Escolar University, Manila, Philippines
- Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Medical Research Centre, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Suez Canal blockage and its global impact on healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
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Letter to the Editor
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145-146
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2021-06-28
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IMH 2021;72(2):145-146.
Authors
Kimberly G. Ramos
Ian Christopher N. Rocha
Trisha Denise D. Cedeño
Ana Carla dos Santos Costa
Shoaib Ahmad
Mohammad Yasir Essar
Christos Tsagkaris
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