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. 2025 Nov 18:333549251387939.
doi: 10.1177/00333549251387939. Online ahead of print.

eSports: A New Challenge for Public Health Protection?

Ilaria Palmi  1 , Simona Pichini  1 , Renata Solimini  1
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eSports: A New Challenge for Public Health Protection?

Ilaria Palmi et al. Public Health Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: doping; eSports; gaming disorder; mental health; public health.

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The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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