United States government scientists estimate that COVID-19 may kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans. The majority of the pre-existing conditions that increase the risk of death for COVID-19 are the same diseases that are affected by long-term exposure to air pollution. We investigate whether long-term average exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) increases the risk of COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
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Technology Partners: MimirTech
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/exposure-air-pollution-and-covid-19-mortality-united-states
[2] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054502v1
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/COVID-19-air-pollution.pdf
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/xiao-wu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rachel-c-nethery
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/benjamin-m-sabath-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coronavirus
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
