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Review
. 2020 Sep;32(5):e23482.
doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23482. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Systemic racism, chronic health inequities, and COVID-19: A syndemic in the making?

Clarence C Gravlee  1
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Review

Systemic racism, chronic health inequities, and COVID-19: A syndemic in the making?

Clarence C Gravlee. Am J Hum Biol. 2020 Sep.
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A tentative syndemic model of systemic racism, cardiometabolic disease, and COVID‐19 in the United States
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