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Children’s Special Health Care Needs and Caregivers’ Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Melisa Pasli and Dmitry Tumin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2023, 36 (5) 731-738; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220406R2
Melisa Pasli
From the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville NC (MP), Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville NC (DT).
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Dmitry Tumin
From the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville NC (MP), Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville NC (DT).
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