The association between opioids, environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States: an ecological study at the county level

The association between opioids, environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States: an ecological study at the county level

Abstract Background The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world presents an unprecedented challenge to public health inequities. People who use opioids may be a vulnerable group disproportionately impacted by the current pandemic, however, the limited prior research in this area makes i...

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Main Authors: Fares Qeadan, Nana Akofua Mensah, Benjamin Tingey, Rona Bern, Tracy Rees, Erin Fanning Madden, Christina A. Porucznik, Kevin English, Trenton Honda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Opioids
COVID-19
Health inequities
Ecological study
Pandemic
Air pollution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00626-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00626-z

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