Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10228, 2020, Pages 945-947

  Wang, Guanghai ^a   Zhang, Yunting ^a   Zhao, Jin ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Jiang, Fan ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^b XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HOME CONFINEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUARANTINE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; QUARANTINE; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85081648239     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30547-X     Document Type: Letter

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