Non-communicable Diseases' Contribution to the COVID-19 Mortality: A Global Warning on the Emerging Syndemics

Arch Iran Med. 2021 May 1;24(5):445-446. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.63.

Authors

Sina Azadnajafabad¹, Erfan Ghasemi¹, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam¹, Negar Rezaei^{1

2}, Farshad Farzadfar^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 34196211
DOI: 10.34172/aim.2021.63

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / mortality*
Humans
Noncommunicable Diseases / epidemiology*
Syndemic*