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Editorial
. 2020 Jun:6:100041.
doi: 10.1016/j.medidd.2020.100041. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Does vitamin D status impact mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Paul E Marik  1 , Pierre Kory  2 , Joseph Varon  3
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Editorial

Does vitamin D status impact mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Paul E Marik et al. Med Drug Discov. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; age; latitude; mortality; race; vitamin D.

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The reported case fatality rate (number of deaths/number of confirmed cases) for each of the 50 states in the USA as reported on 4/19/2020 by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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