Is ethnicity linked to incidence or outcomes of covid-19?

The BMJ

Volumn 369, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Khunti, Kamlesh ^a   Singh, Awadhesh Kumar ^b   Pareek, Manish ^c   Hanif, Wasim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GD Hospital and Diabetes Institute   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85083811830     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1548     Document Type: Editorial

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