Open AccessExposure to Low Levels of Air Pollution Increases COVID-19 Risk
Author(s) -
Tim Hornyak
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2022eo220087
Subject(s) - covid-19 , causality (physics) , jump , environmental health , air pollution , environmental science , econometrics , medicine , economics , virology , outbreak , biology , physics , ecology , disease , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Although causality has yet to be established, an Italian case study found that an increase in annual average exposure to PM2.5 was associated with a jump in the rate of COVID-19.