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- Chicago, IL
- NYC, NY
- Seattle, WA

COVID-19 morbidity vs. temperature, humidity, and solar radiation in different U.S cities

Runkle, J. D., Sugg, M. M., Leeper, R. D., Rao, Y., Matthews, J. L., & Rennie, J. J. (2020). Short-term effects of specific humidity and temperature on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities. The Science of the total environment, 740, 140093. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140093

Short-term effects of specific humidity and temperature on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities

Humidity vs relative risk and temperature vs relative risk exhibited a U shape trend, with increases in relative risk at high and low humidity and temperatures. Solar vs relative risk has an inverted U shape relationship, with a higher risk at around 5200-6300 W/m^2.

COVID-19 morbidity vs. temperature, humidity, and solar radiation in New Orleans, LA

Only the DLNM-only model showed significant results. Only humidity vs relative risk association showed significant results, with a significant relative risk observed to be form 6 to 9 g/kg.


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