Disparities in the Population at Risk of Severe Illness From COVID-19 by Race/Ethnicity and Income

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 137-139

  Raifman, Matthew A ^a   Raifman, Julia R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85084765342     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.04.003     Document Type: Article

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