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A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19

Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Neville Sweijd, Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Christopher Gordon, Aileen M. Marty, J. Trtanj, Jürg Luterbacher, Joel O. Botai, Swadhin K. Behera, Yonglong Lü,

Nature Communications · 2020 · 54 citations · 9 references

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Early studies of weather, seasonality, and environmental influences on COVID-19 have yielded inconsistent and confusing results. To provide policy-makers and the public with meaningful and actionable environmentally-informed COVID-19 risk estimates, the research community must meet robust methodological and communication standards.

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