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A workercentric view of COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Tammy D. Allen
Affiliation:
The University of South Florida
Joseph Regina
Affiliation:
The University of South Florida
Aashna M. Waiwood
Affiliation:
The University of South Florida

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Footnotes

We thank Michael K. Mazel for creating Figure 1. This article was supported by grant number T42OH008438, funded by the National Institute Occupational Safety (NIOSH) and Health under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIOSH or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

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