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ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2021

Socio-economic factors do also matter: comments on the article "Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the spanish regions?: an ecological study".

Arthit Phosri, Yang Cao, Mariko Harada Sassa, Kouji H Harada

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Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Arthit PhosriDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 10400, Bangkok, Thailand.
Yang CaoDepartment of Preventive Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2168511, Kawasaki, Japan.
Mariko Harada SassaDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan.
Kouji H HaradaDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan. kharada-hes@umin.ac.jp.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17H06281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A report published in this journal showed an inversely significant association between ultraviolet radiation (UVR) before the pandemic and cumulative COVID-19 cases in Spain. The analyses employed several meteorological factors, but socio-economic factors were not included. We examined the associations of COVID-19 cases with selected factors and found a significance on gross domestic product per capita (p = 0.037 by Spearman's correlation). Hence, simple regression analyses of UVR would be confounded with regional difference in economic activities. In addition, we raised several questions for limitations due to the study design and analyses.

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COVID-19Economic FactorsHumansIncidenceSARS-CoV-2SpainUltraviolet RaysClimatic factorsCOVID-19Socio‐economic factorsStatistical analysesUltraviolet radiation

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PMID33602202
PMCPMC7891113

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