Effects of particulate matter exposure on the transmissibility and case fatality rate of COVID-19: A Nationwide Ecological Study in China

J Travel Med. 2020 Sep 26;27(6):taaa133. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa133.

Jinjun Ran^{1

2}, Shi Zhao^{3

4}, Lefei Han⁵, Yulan Qiu², Peihua Cao⁶, Zuyao Yang³, Marc K C Chong^{3

4}, Lin Yang⁵, Maggie H Wang^{3

4}, Daihai He⁷

¹ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
⁵ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Clinical Research Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁷ Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; China; case fatality rate; epidemic; particulate matter; reproduction number; statistical inference.