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Published on in Vol 8, No 11 (2021): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/31586, first published .
A Digital Human for Delivering a Remote Loneliness and Stress Intervention to At-Risk Younger and Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Pilot Trial

A Digital Human for Delivering a Remote Loneliness and Stress Intervention to At-Risk Younger and Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Pilot Trial

A Digital Human for Delivering a Remote Loneliness and Stress Intervention to At-Risk Younger and Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Pilot Trial

Authors of this article:

Kate Loveys1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Sagar2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Isabella Pickering1 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth Broadbent1 Author Orcid Image
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