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Violence against Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Incidents from a Lower-Middle-Income Country

Annals of Global Health
Volume 87 (2021): Issue 1
By: Omaima Anis Bhatti,  Hareem Rauf,  Namrah Aziz,  Russell Seth Martins and  Javaid A. Khan  
Open Access
|Apr 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3203 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Published on: Apr 23, 2021
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