Could routine race-adjustment of spirometers exacerbate racial disparities in COVID-19 recovery?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, USA.
³ Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: alnon@ucsd.edu.

Meredith A Anderson et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;9(2):124-125.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30571-3. Epub 2020 Dec 10.

¹ Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, USA.
³ Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: alnon@ucsd.edu.

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