COVID-19 deaths in dental occupations and other healthcare occupations among U.S. decedents in 2020.

Brie Hawley BlackleyEthan D Fechter-LeggettTalia AlexanderFotinos PanagakosTammy ChippsJean M Cox-Ganser

Published in: American journal of industrial medicine (2024)

Our study highlights potential differences in work-related transmission of SARs-CoV-2 and subsequent COVID-19 deaths in healthcare occupations, and furthers a previously limited understanding of COVID-19 deaths in healthcare occupations in 2020, before COVID-19 vaccine availability. Our results indicate that dental occupations were not among the highest, nor lowest risk, healthcare occupations for COVID-19 deaths in 2020, despite their known risks of direct exposure.

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healthcare
coronavirus disease
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risk assessment
oral health
human health
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