Risky Business: How Older ‘At Risk’ People in Denmark Evaluated Their Situated Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Amy Clotworthy Department of Public Health Section of Epidemiology University of Copenhagen
  • Rudi GJ Westendorp Department of Public Health Section of Epidemiology University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.318

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Amy Clotworthy, Department of Public Health Section of Epidemiology University of Copenhagen

Assistant Professor

Rudi GJ Westendorp, Department of Public Health Section of Epidemiology University of Copenhagen

Professor

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2020-12-14

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COVID-19 and Aging Bodies