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Loneliness among elderly people as a public health threat

Anna Susło
1
,
Sylwia Mizia
2
,
Ewa Pochybełko
3
,
Ewa Horoch-Łyszczarek
4

  1. St Luke's Hospital in Boleslawiec, Boleslawiec, Poland
  2. Epidemiology and Health Education Unit, Population Health Department, Faculty of Public Health, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  3. Non-public Healthcare Center KINESIS, Bielawa, Poland
  4. Lower Silesian Specialist Hospital – Center for Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(1): 107–110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2023.126026
Online publish date: 2023/03/31
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