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. 2021 Feb 23;75(6):603-604.
doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-216643. Online ahead of print.

Long COVID-19, persistent somatic symptoms and social stigmatisation

Aranka Ballering  1 , Tim Olde Hartman  2 , Judith Rosmalen  3
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Long COVID-19, persistent somatic symptoms and social stigmatisation

Aranka Ballering et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; communicable diseases; psychosocial factors.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Actions to mitigate and to avoid social stigmatisation in people affected by persistent somatic symptoms.
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