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Excess of COVID-19 cases and deaths due to fine particulate matter exposure during the 2020 wildfires in the United States

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: High levels of PM 2.5 during the 2020 wildfires in the western United States led to an excess of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Source: Science Advances

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi8789

Authors: Xiaodan Zhou, Kevin Josey, Leila Kamareddine, Miah C. Caine, Tianjia Liu, Loretta J. Mickley, Matthew Cooper, Francesca Dominici

Institutions: Environmental Systems Research Institute (United States), Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Air Quality and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,500

Funders: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Harvard University, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Awards: Relationship Between Multiple Environmental Exposures and CVD Incidence and Survival: Vulnerability and Susceptibility, G2203425516, G290077635, G3850548428, Evidence to improve heat warning effectiveness in reducing morbidity and mortality., Harvard Chan School NIEHS Center for Environmental Health, Casual Inference with Interference for Evaluating Air Quality Policies, G5978985062, G773554581, Disease Outcomes iN Older adults under extreme Heat, AiR pollution and Medication use (DO-NO-HARM), Short and long-term consequences of wildfires for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, G9000067384, G9000114572, G9000129179, Graduate Training in Biostatistics, National Cohort Studies of Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementias and Air Pollution, G944279775

OpenAlex ID: W3187583538

FWCI: 11.22

Cites: 51

Cited by: 155

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