Geografie 2020, 125, 139-170

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2020125020139

Demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Spain, Germany, and South Korea

Klára Hulíková TesárkováID

Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography, Prague, Czechia

Received April 2020
Accepted May 2020

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