The Role of Isolation, Quarantine and Social Distancing in Controlling the COVID-19 Epidemic

Document Type : Commentary

Authors

Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Commentary.

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