Is social connectedness a risk factor for the spreading of COVID-19 among older adults? The Italian paradox

• Giuseppe Liotta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Liotta, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Stefano Orlando, Leonardo Palombi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Giuseppe.liotta@uniroma2.it

  Affiliation Biomedicine and Prevention Dept., University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-1816

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• Maria Cristina Marazzi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Liotta, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Stefano Orlando, Leonardo Palombi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

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• Stefano Orlando ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Liotta, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Stefano Orlando, Leonardo Palombi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedicine and Prevention Dept., University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

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• Leonardo Palombi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Liotta, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Stefano Orlando, Leonardo Palombi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedicine and Prevention Dept., University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

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