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COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: A Two-Part Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2023

David Oldenburger Open the ORCID record for David Oldenburger [Opens in a new window] ,
Andrea Baumann ,
Mary Crea-Arsenio ,
Raisa Deber  and
Vishwanath Baba
David Oldenburger*
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Andrea Baumann
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mary Crea-Arsenio
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Raisa Deber
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vishwanath Baba
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Correspondence: David Oldenburger, MSc McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences - Global Health 1280 Main Street West MDCL 3500, Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada E-mail: oldenbd@mcmaster.ca
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , February 2024 , pp. 111 - 115
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