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06-03-2023 | COVID-19 | CE-Research Letter to the Editor

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with delirium in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: are immigrants a vulnerable group?

Authors: Enrico Capuzzi, Alice Caldiroli, Francesca Cella, Marco Turco, Massimiliano Buoli, Massimo Clerici

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 3/2023

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Title: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with delirium in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: are immigrants a vulnerable group?
Authors: Enrico Capuzzi
Alice Caldiroli
Francesca Cella
Marco Turco
Massimiliano Buoli
Massimo Clerici
Publication date: 06-03-2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-023-03232-9

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