Assessing the impact of Ramadan fasting on COVID-19 mortality in the UK
J Glob Health
.
2021 Mar 27:11:03060.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03060.
Authors
Salman Waqar
1
,
Miqdad Asaria
2
,
Nazim Ghouri
3
4
,
Mehrunisha Suleman
5
,
Halima Begum
6
,
Michael Marmot
7
Affiliations
1
Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
2
Department of Health Policy, LSE, London, UK.
3
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
4
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
5
The Health Foundation and Center of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
6
The Runnymede Trust, London, UK.
7
Institute of Health Equity, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, London, UK.
PMID:
33815777
PMCID:
PMC8007025
DOI:
10.7189/jogh.11.03060
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Adult
Aged
COVID-19 / ethnology*
COVID-19 / mortality*
Fasting / adverse effects*
Female
Holidays
Humans
Islam*
Male
Middle Aged
Religion and Medicine*
SARS-CoV-2
United Kingdom / epidemiology