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Editorial
. 2020 Jul;21(7):966-967.
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 May 8.

Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Joyce Simard  1 , Ladislav Volicer  2
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Editorial

Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Joyce Simard et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jul.
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