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Whose life to save? Scarce resources allocation in the COVID-19 outbreak
- Correspondence to Dr Chiara Mannelli, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy; chiara.mannelli{at}ircc.it
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Whose life to save? Scarce resources allocation in the COVID-19 outbreak
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- Received March 19, 2020
- Accepted March 27, 2020
- First published April 9, 2020.
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May 29, 2020
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