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. 2021 May;36(5):1470-1472.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06656-1. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Household Contact with Individuals at Higher Risk of Exposure to COVID-19

Sandra T J Kong  1 , Raymond Y Lee  2   3 , Fatima Rodriguez  4 , David Scheinker  5   6   7
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Household Contact with Individuals at Higher Risk of Exposure to COVID-19

Sandra T J Kong et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May.
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Drs Rodriguez and Scheinker reported having an advisory role with Carta Healthcare. Dr. Rodriguez has served as an advisor to HealthPals, NovoNordisk, Janssen, and Novartis.

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Racial and ethnic differences in the probability of living in a household with someone continuing to work at a job at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. Top: Unadjusted multivariate logistic regression. The dependent variable indicates the OR of living in a household with someone continuing to work at a job at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. Bottom: Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for sex, level of education attainment, family income, whether the household is located in a metropolitan area, the number of household members in the labor force at the start of the period of interest, and the range of ages of household members.
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