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Pandemic meets pollution: Poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data at the county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions. Following Deryugina et al. (2019), we instrume...

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Autores principales: Isphording, Ingo E., Pestel, Nico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102448