The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India / Takahiro Yamada
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2021Description: 1 Online-Ressource (38 pages)Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India. Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2021DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-9543Online resources: Summary: This study investigates the causal effects of long-term particulate matter 2.5 exposure on COVID-19 deaths, fatality rates, and cases in India by using an instrumental variables approach based on thermal inversion episodes. The estimation results indicate that a 1 percent increase in long-term exposure to particulate matter 2.5 leads to an increase in COVID-19 deaths by 5.7 percentage points and an increase in the COVID-19 fatality rate by 0.027 percentage point, but this exposure is not necessarily correlated with COVID-19 cases. People with underlying health conditions such as respiratory illness caused by exposure to air pollution might have a higher risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding might also apply to other countries where high levels of air pollution are a critical issue for development and public healthPPN: PPN: 1753634857Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBL | ZDB-110-WBONo physical items for this record
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