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The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India (English)

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...
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Yamada,Takahiro; Yamada,Hiroyuki; Mani,Muthukumara S..

The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India (English). COVID-19 (Coronavirus)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9543 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655721612964437622

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