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Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities
Social determinants of health in the African diaspora drive the lack of disease testing, increased prevalence of comorbid disease and reduced access to drugs, resulting in disproportionately higher COVID-19-related mortality among Black individuals than the rest of the population. We urge decisive a...
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2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7640988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32732989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41569-020-0416-6 |
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| author | Chin-Hong, Peter Alexander, Kevin M. Haynes, Norrisa Albert, Michelle A. |
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| description | Social determinants of health in the African diaspora drive the lack of disease testing, increased prevalence of comorbid disease and reduced access to drugs, resulting in disproportionately higher COVID-19-related mortality among Black individuals than the rest of the population. We urge decisive attention to and action against ethnicity-based inequities that undermine cardiovascular health. |
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| spelling | pubmed-76409882020-11-09 Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities Chin-Hong, Peter Alexander, Kevin M. Haynes, Norrisa Albert, Michelle A. Nat Rev Cardiol Comment Social determinants of health in the African diaspora drive the lack of disease testing, increased prevalence of comorbid disease and reduced access to drugs, resulting in disproportionately higher COVID-19-related mortality among Black individuals than the rest of the population. We urge decisive attention to and action against ethnicity-based inequities that undermine cardiovascular health. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-07-27 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7640988/ /pubmed/32732989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41569-020-0416-6 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
| spellingShingle | Comment Chin-Hong, Peter Alexander, Kevin M. Haynes, Norrisa Albert, Michelle A. Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title | Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title_full | Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title_fullStr | Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title_short | Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
| title_sort | pulling at the heart: covid-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities |
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| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7640988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32732989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41569-020-0416-6 |
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