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Learning the value of Africa’s collectivism for an individualistic Europe

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  1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Pietro Amedeo Modesti

  2. Unita’ Operativa Complessa di Medicina dello Sport, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Pietro Amedeo Modesti

  3. Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Florence, Via delle Pandette, 21, 50127, Florence, Italy

    Stefano Becucci

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Modesti, P.A., Becucci, S. Learning the value of Africa’s collectivism for an individualistic Europe. Intern Emerg Med 14, 899–900 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02087-3

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