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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;133(10):e544-e545.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.04.008. Epub 2020 May 20.

COVID-19 Is Disproportionately High in African Americans. This Will Come as No Surprise…

Mona N Fouad  1 , John Ruffin  2 , Selwyn M Vickers  3
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Editorial

COVID-19 Is Disproportionately High in African Americans. This Will Come as No Surprise…

Mona N Fouad et al. Am J Med. 2020 Oct.
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