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J Caring Sci. 2021;10(1): 9-14. doi: 10.34172/jcs.2021.009
PMID: 33816379        PMCID: PMC8008228

Original Article

Factors Affecting State and Trait Anxiety of Relatives of Hospitalized Patients

Maria Sidiropoulou 1 ORCID, Anna Kavga 1 ORCID, Georgia Gerogianni 1 ORCID, Michael Kourakos 2 ORCID, Georgios Vasilopoulos 1 ORCID, Maria Polikandrioti 1 * ORCID, Alexandra Friligou 1 ORCID

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