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COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Akram Hernández-Vásqueza Centro de Excelencia en Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, PeruCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fabriccio J. Visconti-Lopezb Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, PeruORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-2112
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Horacio Chacón-Torricoc Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-2099
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Diego Azañedod Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, PeruORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1375-8788
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Pages 372-379 | Published online: 07 Jun 2022

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