Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 10, 2020

Spatial Correlation of Particulate Matter Pollution and Death Rate of COVID-19

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  • The authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis to examine spatial associations of daily PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations with COVID-19 death rate in China, finding that COVID-19 had higher death rates with increasing concentrations of either PM.  This is consistent with past SARS research.

Yao et al. (Apr 10, 2020). Spatial Correlation of Particulate Matter Pollution and Death Rate of COVID-19. Pre-print downloaded Apr 10 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.07.20052142