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Perception of the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic among medical professionals in Germany: results from a nationwide online survey

Pia Paffenholza Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot Assisted and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, GermanyView further author information
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Arne Peineb Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyView further author information
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Martin Hellmichc Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5174-928XView further author information
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Stella V. Paffenholzd Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;e Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Lukas Martinb Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyView further author information
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Mark Lueddef KGP Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, GermanyView further author information
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Miriam Haverkampg Department of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyView further author information
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Christoph Roderburgh Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, GermanyView further author information
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Gernot Marxb Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyView further author information
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Axel Heidenreicha Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot Assisted and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, GermanyView further author information
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Christian Trautweini Department of Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyView further author information
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Tom Lueddej Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Hepatobiliary Oncology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany;k Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sven H. Looseni Department of Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany;k Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1590-1599 | Received 13 May 2020, Accepted 17 Jun 2020, Published online: 13 Jul 2020

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