The structural and social determinants of the racial/ethnic disparities in the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic what's our role?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 943-949

  Thakur, Neeta ^a   Lovinsky Desir, Stephanie ^b   Bime, Christian ^c   Wisnivesky, Juan P ^d   Celedón, Juan C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HOME QUARANTINE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY RATE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISTANCING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85091533823     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1523PP     Document Type: Review

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