Does air pollution explain COVID-19 fatality and mortality rates? A multi-city study in São Paulo state, Brazil.

Environ Monit Assess · 2022 · PMC8918908 · PMID 35286482

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Regarding the COVID-19 mortality rate, it was found an almost insignificant Pearson correlation with previous PM 10 exposure ( R 2 = 0.097; p = 0.033) and the linear regression model did not fit into the variables (ANOVA test p = 0.065).

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