Physical inactivity and cardiovascular disease at the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Giuseppe Lippi¹, Brandon M Henry², Fabian Sanchis-Gomar^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, Italy.
² Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
³ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.

Giuseppe Lippi et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;27(9):906-908.

doi: 10.1177/2047487320916823. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Giuseppe Lippi¹, Brandon M Henry², Fabian Sanchis-Gomar^{3

4}

¹ Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, Italy.
² Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
³ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.

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Lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 - time to connect.
Balanzá-Martínez V, Atienza-Carbonell B, Kapczinski F, De Boni RB. Balanzá-Martínez V, et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2020 May;141(5):399-400. doi: 10.1111/acps.13177. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2020. PMID: 32324252 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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