Letter to the editor: Evidence on school closure and children's social contact: useful for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)?

Michele Poletti¹, Andrea Raballo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, AUSL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
² Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
³ Center for Translational, Phenomenological and Developmental Psychopathology, Perugia University Hospital, Perugia, Italy.

Comment

Michele Poletti et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;25(17):2000758.

doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.17.2000758.

Michele Poletti¹, Andrea Raballo^{2

3}

¹ Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, AUSL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
² Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
³ Center for Translational, Phenomenological and Developmental Psychopathology, Perugia University Hospital, Perugia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Covid-19; mental health; quarantine; school closure; social contact; social isolation.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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