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Editorial
. 2020 Jun 11;55(6):2001445.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01445-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

An Italian sacrifice to the COVID-19 epidemic

Stefano Nava  1 , Roberto Tonelli  2   3 , Enrico M Clini  4
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Editorial

An Italian sacrifice to the COVID-19 epidemic

Stefano Nava et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

The report of Italian doctors who died during the COVID-19 outbreak should inform us not to forget https://bit.ly/3cbSbkU

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: S. Nava has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Tonelli has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E.M. Clini has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
a) Specialties and b) geographical distribution of doctors who died during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. c) Time course and frequency of cases in the general population and deaths among doctors.
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