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- Authors
- Horton, R.
- Corresponding author
- Horton, Richard
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 396
- Issue
- 10255
- Pages
- 874
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC7515561
- OpenAlex
- W3089283116
- Cited by
- 1,134
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 95 · 2023: 227 · 2022: 337 · 2021: 332 · 2020: 46
- FWCI
- 37.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, infectious disease transmission, epidemic modeling, public health policy, economic impact of pandemic measures, social determinants of health
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