Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2020, Pages 37-44

  Millett, Gregorio A ^a   Jones, Austin T ^a   Benkeser, David ^b   Baral, Stefan ^c   Mercer, Laina ^d   Beyrer, Chris ^c   Honermann, Brian ^a   Lankiewicz, Elise ^a   Mena, Leandro ^e   Crowley, Jeffrey S ^f   Sherwood, Jennifer ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^b  

^a the Foundation for AIDS Research   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PATH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; COVID 19; Disparity; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; RURAL POPULATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85087026572     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.003     Document Type: Article

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