The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children

• Main Authors: Peter D. Sly (Author), Brittany A. Trottier (Author), Catherine M. Bulka (Author), Stephania A. Cormier (Author), Julius Fobil (Author), Rebecca C. Fry (Author), Kyoung-Woong Kim (Author), Steven Kleeberger (Author), Pushpam Kumar (Author), Philip J. Landrigan (Author), Karin C. Lodrop Carlsen (Author), Antonio Pascale (Author), Fernando Polack (Author), Mathuros Ruchirawat (Author), Heather J. Zar (Author), William A. Suk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background An unusual feature of SARS-Cov-2 infection and the COVID-19 pandemic is that children are less severely affected than adults. This is especially paradoxical given the epidemiological links between poor air quality and increased COVID-19 severity in adults and that children are ge...