Prolonged social isolation of the elderly during COVID-19: Between benefit and damage

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Plagg, Barbara ^a,b   Engl, Adolf ^a   Piccoliori, Giuliano ^a   Eisendle, Klaus ^a,c  

^a Bolzano Bozen   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGY; QUARANTINE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; QUARANTINE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 85084617626     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104086     Document Type: Short Survey

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