Widespread smell testing for COVID-19 has limited application - Authors' reply

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¹ Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
² School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
³ School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
⁴ Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK. Electronic address: tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk.

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Cristina Menni et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1630-1631.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32316-3. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

¹ Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
² School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
³ School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
⁴ Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK. Electronic address: tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk.

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Quantifying additional COVID-19 symptoms will save lives.
Menni C, Sudre CH, Steves CJ, Ourselin S, Spector TD. Menni C, et al. Lancet. 2020 Jun 20;395(10241):e107-e108. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31281-2. Epub 2020 Jun 4. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32505221 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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