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Editorial
. 2021 Nov;148(5):1172-1175.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.09.017. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

COVID-19, health disparities, and what the allergist-immunologist can do

Princess U Ogbogu  1 , Elizabeth C Matsui  2 , Andrea J Apter  3
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Editorial

COVID-19, health disparities, and what the allergist-immunologist can do

Princess U Ogbogu et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Health disparities; allergy; asthma; pandemic; social determinants of health.

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Social determinants of health (SDOHs). SDOHs are social conditions that affect the health and well-being of persons. They can be protective or detrimental to health and some are modifiable. Health disparities refer to modifiable factors that are unequally and unfairly distributed among different population groups. As an example, economic instability leads to poverty and housing instability.
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