COVID-19 and racial disparities.

J Am Acad Dermatol

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Dermatology, Ha'emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Published: July 2020

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