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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/abaf86
	Hazardous air pollutant exposure as a contributing factor to COVID-19 mortality in the United States
	Petroni M.; Hill D.; Younes L.; Barkman L.; Howard S.; Howell I.B.; Mirowsky J.; Collins M.B.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:9
英文摘要	To date, COVID-19 has claimed more than 100 000 American lives. Early inquiry suggests preexisting conditions are key risk factors contributing to COVID-19 mortality and air pollution exposure could exacerbate this relationship. Building on prior research linking deaths from respiratory viruses to air pollution exposures, we investigate how 2014 National Air Toxics Assessment hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) respiratory hazard quotient and respiratory hazard index are related to COVID-19 mortality. Our focus on HAPs builds upon the knowledge base linking poor air quality to COVID-19 mortality, since most (if not all) earlier studies only include criteria pollutants. Herein, we examine the relationship between HAP exposure and US-based COVID-19 mortality, while controlling for socioeconomic status, population health indicators, and exposure to PM2.5 and ozone. We fit county-level negative binomial mixed models, predicting COVID-19 mortality as a function of HAP respiratory toxicity levels and relevant covariates. We include models for combined exposure to HAPs, as well as for specific pollutants. We find that an increase in the respiratory hazard index is associated with a 9% increase in COVID-19 mortality. Although differing in magnitude, this association holds for individual HAPs acetaldehyde, and diesel PM. These findings help us to understand variation in US-based COVID-19 mortality rates, reinforce existing research linking air pollution to mortality, and emphasize the importance of regulatory efforts to limit air pollution exposure risk. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Air quality; Hazardous materials; Knowledge based systems; Viruses; Air pollution exposures; Contributing factor; Hazardous air pollutants; National air toxics assessments; Negative binomial; Population health; Respiratory hazards; Socio-economic status; Hazards; air quality; atmospheric pollution; mortality; pollution exposure; risk assessment; viral disease; United States
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153739
作者单位	Center for Environmental Medicine and Informatics, Suny Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States; ProPublica, 155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013, United States; Department of Environmental Studies, Suny Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States; Department of Chemistry, Suny Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Petroni M.,Hill D.,Younes L.,et al. Hazardous air pollutant exposure as a contributing factor to COVID-19 mortality in the United States[J],2020,15(9).
APA	Petroni M..,Hill D..,Younes L..,Barkman L..,Howard S..,...&Collins M.B..(2020).Hazardous air pollutant exposure as a contributing factor to COVID-19 mortality in the United States.Environmental Research Letters,15(9).
MLA	Petroni M.,et al."Hazardous air pollutant exposure as a contributing factor to COVID-19 mortality in the United States".Environmental Research Letters 15.9(2020).