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01-08-2020 | Affective Disorder | Letter to the Editor

The psycho-emotional impact of COVID-19 on surgical staff working in emergency departments

Authors: Vasileios Karampelias, Dimitris Karonis, Varvara Psaroudi

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 4/2020

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Title: The psycho-emotional impact of COVID-19 on surgical staff working in emergency departments
Authors: Vasileios Karampelias
Dimitris Karonis
Varvara Psaroudi
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
COVID-19
Burnout Syndrome
Anxiety
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01411-3

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