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Editorial
. 2020 Jul 30;56(1):2001361.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01361-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

Go slow to go fast: a plea for sustained scientific rigour in air pollution research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dick J J Heederik  1 , Lidwien A M Smit  2 , Roel C H Vermeulen  2
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Editorial

Go slow to go fast: a plea for sustained scientific rigour in air pollution research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dick J J Heederik et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Present studies on the role of air pollution and COVID-19 spread, and the prognosis in patients, do not fulfil quality criteria and are not sufficiently informative https://bit.ly/3hGjd73

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: D.J.J. Heederik has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L.A.M. Smit has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R.C.H. Vermeulen has nothing to disclose.

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