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Risk of severe COVID-19 among workers, their household members

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Prepandemic data were used to estimate how many adults at increased risk of severe COVID-19 held essential jobs and couldn't work at home or lived in households with such workers.

Authors: Thomas M. Selden, Ph.D., of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Maryland, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6249)

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