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Association of social, demographic factors with COVID-19 cases, death rates in US

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: 
Researchers investigated the association between county-level social risk factors and COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as weekly changes in cumulative cases and mortality, using publicly available data sets as of July 29, 2020.

Authors: 
Renuka Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is th corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36462)

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