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Gender differences in GPs’ strategies for coping with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study

Enric Aragonèsa Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;b Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, Spain;c Primary Healthcare Service Camp de Tarragona, Catalan Health Institute, Tarragona, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maribel Fernández-San-Martína Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;d Primary Care Barcelona city, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9190-7182
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Maria Rodríguez-Barragána Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;b Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, Spain;e Primary Care Centre ‘La Mina’, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8018-0811
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Francisco Martín-Lujána Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;b Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, Spain;c Primary Healthcare Service Camp de Tarragona, Catalan Health Institute, Tarragona, Spain;f Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0359-3588
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Mònica Solanesb Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, Spain;g 11 de Setembre’ Primary Care Centre, Catalan Health Institute, Lleida, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6986-7847
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Anna Berengueraa Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0889-2002
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Antoni Sisób Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, Spain;h Consorci d’Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra (CAPSBE), Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-2689
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Josep Basoraa Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;b Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine CAMFiC, Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-1149
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Article: 2155135 | Received 05 May 2022, Accepted 18 Nov 2022, Published online: 19 Dec 2022

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