TITLE: Community Predictors of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Massachusetts: Evaluating Changes Over Time Using Geospatially Refined Data
Keith R. Spangler1, Prasad Patil2, Xiaojing Peng2, Jonathan I. Levy1, Kevin J. Lane1, Koen F. Tieskens1, Fei Carnes1, R. Monina Klevens3, Elizabeth A. Erdman4, T. Scott Troppy3, M. Patricia Fabian1 and Jessica H. Leibler1*
1 Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
2 Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
3 Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
4 Office of Population Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
*Corresponding author:
Jessica H. Leibler, DrPH, ScM
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany St.
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 353-2527
jleibler@bu.edu
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Keywords : COVID-19; disparities; census tract; race/ethnicity; SARS-CoV-2; geocoding