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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Assessment of the association between dust storms and COVID-19 infection rate in southwest Iran.

Parya Broomandi, Byron Crape, Ali Jahanbakhshi, Nasime Janatian, Amirhossein Nikfal, Mahsa Tamjidi, Jong R Kim, Nick Middleton, Ferhat Karaca

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Parya BroomandiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 010000.
Byron CrapeDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 010000.
Ali JahanbakhshiEnvironmental Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Nasime JanatianChair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
Amirhossein NikfalAtmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Centre, Tehran, Iran.
Mahsa TamjidiFaculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Jong R KimDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 010000. jong.kim@nu.edu.kz.
Nick MiddletonSt Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6HS, UK.
Ferhat KaracaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 010000.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assesses a plausible correlation between a dust intrusion episode and a daily increase in COVID-19 cases. A surge in COVID-19 cases was observed a few days after a Middle East Dust (MED) event that peaked on 25

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionCOVID-19AerosolsCitiesDustEnvironmental MonitoringHumansIranAerosolsAir PollutantsDustAODAtmospheric air pollutionAtmospheric stability classKhuzestanMED intrusionSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35060047
PMCPMC8776378

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