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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;110(10):1506-1508.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305879.

Reopening the United States: Black and Hispanic Workers Are Essential and Expendable Again

J Corey Williams  1 , Nientara Anderson  1 , Terrell Holloway  1 , Ezelle Samford 3rd  1 , Jeffrey Eugene  1 , Jessica Isom  1
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Editorial

Reopening the United States: Black and Hispanic Workers Are Essential and Expendable Again

J Corey Williams et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Oct.

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Representation in Industries Set to Reopen of (a) African Americans/Blacks and (b) Hispanics/Latinos: United States, 2020
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