The impact of COVID-19 on the dental hygienists: A cross-sectional study in the Lombardy first-wave outbreak

Elena M. Varoni; Lucrezia Cinquanta; Marta Rigoni; Giulia Di Valentin; Giovanni Lodi; Paola Muti; Andrea Sardella; Antonio Carrassi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262747

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The impact of COVID-19 on the dental hygienists: A cross-sectional study in the Lombardy first-wave outbreak

Elena M. Varoni ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: elena.varoni@unimi.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7287-2188

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Lucrezia Cinquanta,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Marta Rigoni,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-9491

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Giulia Di Valentin,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Giovanni Lodi,

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Paola Muti,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Sardella,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4491-4640

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Antonio Carrassi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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The impact of COVID-19 on the dental hygienists: A cross-sectional study in the Lombardy first-wave outbreak

Elena M. Varoni,
Lucrezia Cinquanta,
Marta Rigoni,
Giulia Di Valentin,
Giovanni Lodi,
Paola Muti,
Andrea Sardella,
Antonio Carrassi

Published: February 2, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262747

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