Health
Air pollution exposure linked to higher COVID-19 cases and deaths – new study – Australian Times
To slow the spread of the disease, we need to better understand why some places have higher numbers of cases and deaths than others.
Matt Cole, University of Birmingham; Ceren Ozgen, University of Birmingham, and Eric Strobl, Université de Berne
The global death toll from COVID-19 has now passed half a million. To slow the spread of the disease, we need to better understand why some places have higher numbers of cases and deaths than others.
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One factor that could partially explain this is air pollution. Research has shown that long term exposure to pollutants such as fine particulate matter (often calle…
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