key: cord-288807-sw6teq1n
authors: Cook, Marion
title: Potential factors linked to high COVID-19 death rates in British minority ethnic groups
date: 2020-07-17
journal: Lancet Infect Dis
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30583-1
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doc_id: 288807
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