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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Chasing elimination through lockdowns is stamping out livelihoods and lives

Gerhard Sundborn 1 9 , Simon Thornley 1 , Michael Jackson 2 , Grant Morris 3 , Mark Blackham 4 , Grant Schofield 5 , Richard Doehring 6 , Ronald Goedeke 7 , Ananish Chaudhuri 8
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1 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

2 School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

3 Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, GB 324, Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Lambton Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

4 Blackland PR, Level 12, City Chambers, 142 Featherston Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

5 Human Potential Centre/Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

6 Private Practice, PO Box 25109, Christchurch 8144, New Zealand

7 Private Practice, 72a Apollo Drive, Albany, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

8 Business School, The University of Auckland, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

9 Corresponding author. Email: g.sundborn@auckland.ac.nz

Journal of Primary Health Care 12(4) 298-301 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC20132
Published: 22 December 2020

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2020 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License


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