Vol 72, No 2 (2021)
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Suez Canal blockage and its global impact on healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Kimberly G. Ramos1, Ian Christopher N. Rocha1, Trisha Denise D. Cedeño1, Ana Carla dos Santos Costa2, Shoaib Ahmad3, Mohammad Yasir Essar4, Christos Tsagkaris5
Pubmed: 34212357
IMH 2021;72(2):145-146.

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