Race and ethnic minority, local pollution, and COVID-19 deaths in Texas

Abstract The costs of COVID-19 are extensive, and, like the fallout of most health and environmental crises in the US, there is growing evidence that these costs weigh disproportionately on communities of color. We investigated whether county-level racial composition and fine particulate pollution (...

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Main Authors: Annie Xu, Ted Loch-Temzelides, Chima Adiole, Nathan Botton, Sylvia G. Dee, Caroline A. Masiello, Mitchell Osborn, Mark A. Torres, Daniel S. Cohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04507-x