Urban Air Pollution May Enhance COVID-19 Case-Fatality and Mortality Rates in the United States

Urban Air Pollution May Enhance COVID-19 Case-Fatality and Mortality Rates in the United States

Background: The novel human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, causing tremendous public health, social, and economic damages. Although the risk factors of COVID-19 are still under investigation, environmental factors, such as urban air pollut...

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Main Authors: Donghai Liang, Liuhua Shi, Jingxuan Zhao, Pengfei Liu, Jeremy A. Sarnat, Song Gao, Joel Schwartz, Yang Liu, Stefanie T. Ebelt, Noah Scovronick, Howard H. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:The Innovation
Subjects:
air pollution
nitrogen dioxide
COVID-19
case-fatality rate
mortality
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675820300503

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