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cord-317843-sp4nvbbh	Azuma, Kenichi	Impact of climate and ambient air pollution on the epidemic growth during COVID-19 outbreak in Japan	2020-08-12		.txt	text/plain	1403	92	54	Investigation of the potential association of the spread of the COVID-19 infection with climate or ambient air pollution could lead to the development of preventive strategies for disease control. To examine this association, we conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 28 geographical areas of Japan with documented outbreaks of COVID-19. The results revealed that the epidemic growth of COVID-19 was significantly associated with increase in daily temperature or sunshine hours. 8 We determined the association of epidemic growth with exposure variables using 9 univariate and multivariable analyses for 28 geographical areas, divided to five periods 10 from March 13 to April 6, 2020 with a longitudinal manner. In the multivariable 11 analyses, we examined the association of epidemic growth with exposure variables on 12 the regional climate or air pollutants, adjusting for male inhabitants, inhabitants aged 13 ≥65 years, urban density, taxable income, health expenditure, and life expectancy at 14 birth as the possible specified covariates.	./cache/cord-317843-sp4nvbbh.txt	./txt/cord-317843-sp4nvbbh.txt