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. 2020 Oct 1;202(7):943-949.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1523PP.

The Structural and Social Determinants of the Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic. What's Our Role?

Neeta Thakur  1 , Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir  2 , Christian Bime  3 , Juan P Wisnivesky  4 , Juan C Celedón  5   6
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The Structural and Social Determinants of the Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic. What's Our Role?

Neeta Thakur et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Mortality due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) compared with representation within the population in states with greatest disparities for (A) Black, (B) Latinx, and (C) Native American populations. Gray bars represent the percentage of minorities in the state, and blue bars represent the percentage of deaths within the state across minority groups. Data were collected from the CDC and are current through June 11, 2020.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Structural and social determinants of health contributing to the racial and ethnic disparities in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and proposed areas for action, as informed by the World Health Organization Conceptual Framework for Action (26). PPE = personal protective equipment.
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