**Author details**

Laura Czulada1 , Kevin M. Kover2 , Gabrielle Gracias3 , Kushee-Nidhi Kumar4 , Shanaya Desai4 , Stanislaw P. Stawicki4 \*, Kimberly Costello1 and Laurel Erickson-Parsons1

1 Department of Pediatrics, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

2 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

4 Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: stawicki.ace@gmail.com

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*Toxic Stress Affecting Families and Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Mental… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104991*
