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Are black and Hispanic persons disproportionately affected by COVID-19 because of higher obesity rates?

BACKGROUND: On March 13, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Shortly after that, it was reported that mortality rates in New York City (NYC), the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, were found to be significantly higher in black and Hispanic populations. OBJ...

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Autores principales: El Chaar, Maher, King, Keith, Galvez Lima, Alvaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32522406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2020.04.038