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. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2016938.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16938.

Assessment of Community-Level Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infections and Deaths in Large US Metropolitan Areas

Samrachana Adhikari  1 , Nicholas P Pantaleo  1 , Justin M Feldman  1 , Olugbenga Ogedegbe  1   2 , Lorna Thorpe  1 , Andrea B Troxel  1
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Assessment of Community-Level Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infections and Deaths in Large US Metropolitan Areas

Samrachana Adhikari et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association of neighborhood race/ethnicity and poverty with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections and related deaths in urban US counties.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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