Potential Concerns About a Decrease in the Number of Healthcare Providers Seeking COVID-19 Testing: A Letter to the Editor

Nima Hajian; Mehran Rostami

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.111538

Potential Concerns About a Decrease in the Number of Healthcare Providers Seeking COVID-19 Testing: A Letter to the Editor

authors:

Nima Hajian ¹ , Mehran Rostami ^{2
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1 Student Research Committee, Dental School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran

2 Deputy of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.10, issue 3; e111538

published online: August 21, 2021

article type: Letter

received: November 23, 2020

revised: May 17, 2021

accepted: May 26, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.111538

how to cite: Hajian N, Rostami M. Potential Concerns About a Decrease in the Number of Healthcare Providers Seeking COVID-19 Testing: A Letter to the Editor. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2021;10(3):e111538. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.111538.

Keywords

Iran Coronavirus COVID-19 Testing Health Care Manpower

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: Both authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Conflict of Interests: The authors declared no potential conflict of interests regarding the research, authorship, and publication of this letter.
Funding/Support: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and publication of this letter.

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