Assessing whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the severity of COVID-19
health outcomes, including death, is an important public health objective. Limitations in …

Abstract Objectives United States government scientists estimate that COVID-19 may kill
tens of thousands of Americans. Many of the pre-existing conditions that increase the risk of …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic revealed and exacerbated
existing social and economic health disparities, and actionable epidemiologic evidence is …

Background Recent evidence links ambient air pollution to COVID-19 incidence, severity,
and death, but few studies have analyzed individual-level mortality data with high quality …

Background Air pollution is speculated to increase the risks of COVID-19 spread, severity,
and mortality. Objectives We systematically reviewed studies investigating the relationship …

Background The novel human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has
claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, causing tremendous public health, social, and …

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is primarily respiratory in nature, and as such,
there is interest in examining whether air pollution might contribute to disease susceptibility …

We use individual-level data to estimate the effects of long-and short-term exposure to air
pollution (PM 2.5) on the probability of dying from COVID-19. To the best of our knowledge …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenge for global public
health systems and exacerbates existing health disparities. Epidemiological evidence …

Background: The tremendous global health burden related to COVID-19 means that
identifying determinants of COVID-19 severity is important for prevention and intervention …