Social Vulnerability and Racial Inequality in COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 509-513

  Kim, Sage J ^a   Bostwick, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; emergency; general terms; GIS; health disparities; health equity; neighborhood; place; population groups; risk and crisis communication

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHICAGO; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85085167312     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198120929677     Document Type: Article

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