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. 2020 Aug 10:taaa133. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa133
Effects of Particulate Matter Exposure on the Transmissibility and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19: A Nationwide Ecological Study in China
Jinjun Ran
1,2,#,✉, Shi Zhao
3,4,#, Lefei Han
5, Yulan Qiu
2, Peihua Cao
6, Zuyao Yang
3, Marc K C Chong
3,4, Lin Yang
5, Maggie H Wang
3,4, Daihai He
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Jinjun Ran
1
School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Shi Zhao
3
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
4
CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Lefei Han
5
School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Yulan Qiu
2
School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Peihua Cao
6
Clinical Research Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Zuyao Yang
3
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Marc K C Chong
3
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Lin Yang
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School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Maggie H Wang
3
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Daihai He
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Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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1
School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 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 Special Administrative Region, China
4
CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
5
School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
6
Clinical Research Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. Daihai He, Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk; and Jinjun Ran, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. E-mail: jimran@connect.hku.hk
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Jinjun Ran and Shi Zhao contributed equally.
Received 2020 Jun 29; Revised 2020 Jul 28; Accepted 2020 Aug 3.
Keywords: COVID-19, particulate matter, reproduction number, case fatality rate, statistical inference, epidemic, China
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