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. 2020 Apr 21:8:151.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00151. eCollection 2020.

COVID-19 and the Elderly: Who Cares?

Florian Fischer  1 , Lea Raiber  1 , Claudia Boscher  1 , Maik H-J Winter  1
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COVID-19 and the Elderly: Who Cares?

Florian Fischer et al. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; aging; corona; nursing care; pandemic; public health.

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