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- Source :
- International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2022.
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Abstract
- Abstract Recent literature has suggested a link between poor air quality and worse COVID-19 outcomes. In the United States, this link is particularly noteworthy because of residential sorting along ethnic lines within the US population; minorities are disproportionately exposed to health hazards, including air pollution. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have also been disproportionately concentrated amongst minorities. We explore the association between air quality and COVID-19 outcomes, using county level data for the United States from the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, and test whether exposure to more polluted air can account for some of the observed disparities in COVID-19 outcomes among minorities.
- Subjects :
- COVID-19
Air quality
Race
Inequality
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14759276
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.ff85f2193e8e428cbe53a1d3f6c89d5c
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01705-5