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Published: Jun 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 13(6)
Pages: 877-882
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Authors

College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia

College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia; Critical Care Department, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia

King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Prince Abdullah Ben Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair,

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Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Fahad Al-Sohime, Nurah Alamro, et al. (2020). The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 13(6), 877-882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.05.021

The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country

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