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Anxiety Levels Amid the COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia

Faisal Mashel Albagmi1 College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;2 The College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-915XView further author information
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Heba Yaagoub AlNujaidi1 College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Deema Saad Al Shawan1 College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2161-2170 | Published online: 31 May 2021

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