Author: Huang, Guowen; Brown, Patrick E.
Title: Population-weighted exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence in Germany Cord-id: jtlti4yn Document date: 2020_11_3
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Snippet: Many countries have enforced social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19. Within countries, although the measures taken by governments are similar, the incidence rate varies among areas (e.g., counties, cities). One potential explanation is that people in some areas are more vulnerable to the coronavirus disease because of their worsened health conditions caused by long-term exposure to poor air quality. In this study, we investigate whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the
Document: Many countries have enforced social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19. Within countries, although the measures taken by governments are similar, the incidence rate varies among areas (e.g., counties, cities). One potential explanation is that people in some areas are more vulnerable to the coronavirus disease because of their worsened health conditions caused by long-term exposure to poor air quality. In this study, we investigate whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the risk of COVID-19 infection in Germany. The results show that nitrogen dioxide (NO [Formula: see text]) is significantly associated with COVID-19 incidence, with a 1 [Formula: see text] increase in long-term exposure to NO [Formula: see text] increasing the COVID-19 incidence rate by 5.58% (95% credible interval [CI]: 3.35%, 7.86%). This result is consistent across various models. The analyses can be reproduced and updated routinely using public data sources and shared R code.
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