The COVID-19 Pandemic: a Call to Action to Identify and Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 398-402

  Laurencin, Cato T ^a,b   McClinton, Aneesah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; COVID 19; Disparity; Ethnicity; Pandemic; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; BETACORONAVIRUS; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONNECTICUT; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMIC; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETACORONAVIRUS; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85083682105     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00756-0     Document Type: Article

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