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Tanujit Dey1, Francesca Dominici2
1Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, United States.
Abstract:
COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency. Exposure to air pollution represents a serious health issue in overall mortality worldwide. The health risks of some racial subgroups are spiraling as they have higher levels of exposure to air pollutants, hence being more susceptible to mortality from COVID-19.
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