Is prediabetes a risk factor for severe COVID-19?
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Thirunavukkarasu Sathish
Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.
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Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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Thirunavukkarasu Sathish
Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorNirmala Devi Chandrasekaran
Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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