Structural Racism, Social Risk Factors, and Covid-19 - A Dangerous Convergence for Black Americans

N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 17;383(12):e77. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2023616. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Authors

Leonard E Egede¹, Rebekah J Walker¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
Black or African American*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / ethnology*
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / ethnology*
Public Policy*
Racism*
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Social Determinants of Health*
United States

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