Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, United States.
Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02446, United States.
Chem Res Toxicol. 2021 Mar 15;34(3):669-671. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00432. Epub 2020 Dec 30.
COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency. Exposure to air pollution represents a serious health issue in overall mortality worldwide. The health risks of some racial subgroups are spiraling as they have higher levels of exposure to air pollutants, hence being more susceptible to mortality from COVID-19.
新冠疫情是一场公共卫生紧急事件。暴露于空气污染是全世界总死亡率方面的一个严重健康问题。由于某些种族亚群接触到更多的空气污染物，其健康风险正在不断上升，因此更容易因 COVID-19 而死亡。
