Should air pollution health effects assumptions be tested? Fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality as an example

Should air pollution health effects assumptions be tested? Fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality as an example

In the first half of 2020, much excitement in news media and some peer reviewed scientific articles was generated by the discovery that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations and COVID-19 mortality rates are statistically significantly positively associated in some regression models. This ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louis Anthony Cox, Jr, Douglas A. Popken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Global Epidemiology
Subjects:
Air pollution
COVID-19 mortality risk
PM2.5
Health effects
Causation
Scientific method
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590113320300171

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