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. 2021 Jul 9;50(3):1038-1040.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab007.

COVID-19 and the worsening of health inequities in Santiago, Chile

Usama Bilal  1   2 , Tania Alfaro  3 , Alejandra Vives  4   5
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COVID-19 and the worsening of health inequities in Santiago, Chile

Usama Bilal et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Chile; Latin America; Mortality; health equity; inequalities; urban health.

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Figure 1
Area-level socio-economic status and age-adjusted mortality in 2016–2019 and 2020 in the municipalities of Santiago, Chile (A) Average years of schooling for adults >25 years of age; (B) percentage of households living in overcrowded situations. The solid line represents a linear fit.
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