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. 2021 Jul 26;12:719688. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.719688

Corrigendum: Determinants of Health and Physical Activity Levels Among Breast Cancer Survivors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aline Rachel Bezerra Gurgel 1, Pedro Mingroni-Netto 1, Jose Carlos Farah 2, Christina May Moran de Brito 3; Remama Group, Anna S Levin 4, Patricia Chakur Brum 1,*
PMCID: PMC8350772  PMID: 34381381

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The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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