Asiye Çiğdem Şimsek, Turan Buzgan, Fatma Nur Baran Aksakal, Şuayip Birinci, Hülya Şirin
Positive effects of health behaviors acquired during the COVID-19 pandemic process on the prevention of other infectious diseases
Turkish journal of medical sciences
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