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Health care worker burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic

A cross-sectional survey study in Saudi Arabia

Loui K. Alsulimani, Abdulrahman M. Farhat, Renad A. Borah, Jumanah A. AlKhalifah, Salman M. Alyaseen, Sumaeah M. Alghamdi and Malak J. Bajnaid
Saudi Medical Journal March 2021, 42 (3) 306-314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200812

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