A cascade of causes that led to the COVID-19 tragedy in Italy and in other European Union countries

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.010335

. 2020 Jun;10(1):010335.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010335.

A cascade of causes that led to the COVID-19 tragedy in Italy and in other European Union countries

Igor Rudan¹

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DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010335

A cascade of causes that led to the COVID-19 tragedy in Italy and in other European Union countries

Igor Rudan. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;10(1):010335.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010335.

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Igor Rudan¹

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¹ Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

PMID: 32257150
PMCID: PMC7125421
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010335

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Competing interests: The author has completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available on request from the author) and declares the following: IR is a member of Croatian Government's Scientific Council on COVID-19 response and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Health.

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[1] Rudan I. Twenty key questions and answers on the novel coronavirus (in Croatian). Index.hr; March 9, 2020; Available: https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/igor-rudan-ekskluzivno-za-index-20-k.... Accessed: March 21, 2020.

[2] Rudan I. Twenty key questions and answers on the novel coronavirus (in Croatian). Index.hr; March 9, 2020; Available: https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/igor-rudan-ekskluzivno-za-index-20-k.... Accessed: March 21, 2020.

[3] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Accessed: March 21, 2020.

[4] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Accessed: March 21, 2020.

[5] Wu Z, McGoogan JM.Characteristics of and important lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: Summary OF A REPORT OF 72 314 CASES FROM THE Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. JAMA. 2020;Mar 23. Epub ahead of print. 10.1001/jama.2020.2648 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Wu Z, McGoogan JM.Characteristics of and important lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: Summary OF A REPORT OF 72 314 CASES FROM THE Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. JAMA. 2020;Mar 23. Epub ahead of print. 10.1001/jama.2020.2648 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Guan W, Ni Z, Hu Y, Liang W, Ou C, He J, et al. for the China Medical Treatment Expert Group for Covid-19. Clinical Ccharacteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China. N Engl J Med. 2020; Feb 28. Epub ahead of print 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Guan W, Ni Z, Hu Y, Liang W, Ou C, He J, et al. for the China Medical Treatment Expert Group for Covid-19. Clinical Ccharacteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China. N Engl J Med. 2020; Feb 28. Epub ahead of print 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-a.... Accessed: March 21, 2020.

[10] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-a.... Accessed: March 21, 2020.

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