Alcohol: A Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against COVID-19

Sajjad Bahariniya; Farzan Madadizadeh

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope.113136

Alcohol: A Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against COVID-19

authors:

Sajjad Bahariniya ¹ , Farzan Madadizadeh ^{2
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1 Masters Student of Health Services Management, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Health Scope: Vol.10, issue 2; e113136

published online: June 21, 2021

article type: Letter

received: February 3, 2021

revised: April 16, 2021

accepted: April 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.113136

how to cite: Bahariniya S, Madadizadeh F. Alcohol: A Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against COVID-19. Health Scope. 2021;10(2):e113136. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.113136.

Keywords

Alcohol COVID-19 Sanitizer

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: S.B. and F.M., conceived the presented idea; S.B., wrote the manuscript with support from F.M., S.B., and F.M. All authors read the manuscript and confirmed the final version.
Conflict of Interests: The author had no conflict of interest.
Funding/Support: This study received no funding.

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