COVID-19 Pandemic Response in a Migrant Farmworker Community: Excess Mortality, Testing Access and Contact Tracing in Immokalee, Florida
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3859 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Submitted on: May 26, 2022
Accepted on: Aug 2, 2022
Published on: Sep 7, 2022
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