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Adolescent loneliness in the COVID-19 era. The perspective of health behavior in a study on school-aged children in Poland

Dorota Kleszczewska
1
,
Joanna Mazur
2
,
Anna Dzielska
3
,
Agnieszka Małkowska-Szkutnik
4, 5

  1. Institute of Mother and Child Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Humanization in Medicine and Sexology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
  3. Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Faculty of Education University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Department of Biomedical Foundations of Development and Sexology, Faculty of Education, Warsaw University, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(2): 193–200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.139028
Online publish date: 2024/06/17
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