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Evaluation of COVID-19 myths in Saudi Arabia

Noara K. Alhusseini, Muhammad R. Sajid, Haifa A. Alsheikh, Tala H. Sriwi, Nour B. Odeh, Rawan E. Elshaer, Rawand E. Altamimi and Peter M.B. Cahusac
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 377-383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200706
Noara K. Alhusseini
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad R. Sajid
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Haifa A. Alsheikh
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Tala H. Sriwi
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nour B. Odeh
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rawan E. Elshaer
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rawand E. Altamimi
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Peter M.B. Cahusac
From the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Alhusseini, Cahusac); from the Department of Pathology (Sajid); from the College of Medicine (Alsheikh, Sriwi, Odeh, Elshaer, Altamimi), Alfaisal University; and from the Department of Comparative Medicine (Cahusac), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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