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. 2020 Jul-Aug:89:104086.
doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104086. Epub 2020 May 3.

Prolonged social isolation of the elderly during COVID-19: Between benefit and damage

Barbara Plagg  1 , Adolf Engl  2 , Giuliano Piccoliori  2 , Klaus Eisendle  3
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Prolonged social isolation of the elderly during COVID-19: Between benefit and damage

Barbara Plagg et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Jul-Aug.
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