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

2020-05-07 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe novel human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 240,000 lives worldwide, causing tremendous public health, social, and economic damages. While the risk factors of COVID-19 are still under investigation, environmental factors, such as urban air pollution, may play an important role in increasing population susceptibility to COVID-19 pathogenesis. MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional nationwide study using zero-inflated negative binomial models to est...

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