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Comment
. 2020 Nov;128(11):114005.
doi: 10.1289/EHP8282. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Air of Uncertainty: Can We Study Pollution and COVID-19 in the Midst of a Pandemic?

Wendee Nicole
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Air of Uncertainty: Can We Study Pollution and COVID-19 in the Midst of a Pandemic?

Wendee Nicole. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Nov.
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The Navajo Nation is one of the U.S. populations hit hardest by COVID-19. As of 23 November 2020, the Navajo had 631 deaths and approximately 9,715 cases per 100,000 people living on the reservation, compared with 3,722 cases per 100,000 people for the United States overall. The Navajo also experience unusually high exposures to air pollution both indoors (e.g., from wood-burning stoves) and outdoors (e.g., from two coal-fired power plants on the reservation). Image: © iStockphoto/grandriver.
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