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Hospital-Based Health Care Worker Perceptions of Personal Risk Related to COVID-19

Everett Chu, Kyung-Min Lee, Ronnie Stotts, Ivy Benjenk, Geoffrey Ho, David Yamane, Billy Mullins and Eric R. Heinz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2021, 34 (Supplement) S103-S112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200343
Everett Chu
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Kyung-Min Lee
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Ronnie Stotts
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Ivy Benjenk
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Geoffrey Ho
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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David Yamane
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Billy Mullins
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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Eric R. Heinz
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC (EC, RS, IY, GH, IB, DY, ERH); George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (K-ML); Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (DY); School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC (BM).
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