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. 2020 Nov:144:110270.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110270. Epub 2020 Sep 13.

Is there an under-representation of skin of colour images during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Nicolas Kluger  1 , Mahtab Samimi  2
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Is there an under-representation of skin of colour images during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Nicolas Kluger et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Ethics; Ethnic skin; Minorities; SARS-CoV-2; Skin of colour.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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