Towards health equity: the urgent need for upstream intervention studies in gastroenterology and hepatology

Affiliations

¹ McGaw Medical Center of Northwesten University, Chicago, IL, USA.
² University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: rissaka@fredhutch.org.

Joy J Liu et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;7(3):203-204.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00012-7.

¹ McGaw Medical Center of Northwesten University, Chicago, IL, USA.
² University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: rissaka@fredhutch.org.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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