Iodine, a Preventive and Curative Agent in the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Overview

Journal Med Hypotheses

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2020 Jun 17

PMID 32540604

Citations 5

Authors

R H Verheesen

R A M Traksel

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