Prisons: Amplifiers of the COVID-19 Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight

Affiliations

¹ Elizabeth Barnert is with the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles and Juvenile Court Health Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA. Cyrus Ahalt and Brie Williams are with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Editorial

Elizabeth Barnert et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;110(7):964-966.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305713. Epub 2020 May 14.

¹ Elizabeth Barnert is with the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles and Juvenile Court Health Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA. Cyrus Ahalt and Brie Williams are with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

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