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Availability of Personal Protective Equipment Among Health-care Workers in Jordan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Web-Based Survey

Arash Nemat1 Department of Microbiology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan;2 Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7044-5473

Osama Alsarhan2 Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Nahid Raufi3 Department of Dermatology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan;4 Department of Dermatology, Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-8459

Eva Inam Al Zein5 Jordan Food and Drug Administration, Amman, Jordan

Khalid A Kheirallah6 Department of Public Health, Medical School of Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4504-4472

Mohammad Yousuf Mubarak1 Department of Microbiology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, AfghanistanCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-6047

Pages 4723-4728 | Published online: 23 Nov 2021

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