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Are social, behavioral risk factors associated with mortality among us veterans with COVID-19?

2021-06-09
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: An observational study of more than 27,000 veterans who received a positive test result for COVID-19 reports that risk factors such as housing problems, financial hardship, alcohol use, tobacco use and substance use weren't associated with higher mortality.

Authors: J. Daniel Kelly, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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