Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Covid19 Comorbidity?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Leifer, I.; Kleinman, M.T.; Blake, D.; Tratt, D.; Marston, C. Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Covid19 Comorbidity? J. Respir. 2021, 1, 74-79. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor1010007
Leifer I, Kleinman MT, Blake D, Tratt D, Marston C. Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Covid19 Comorbidity? Journal of Respiration. 2021; 1(1):74-79. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor1010007
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeifer, Ira, Michael T. Kleinman, Donald Blake, David Tratt, and Charlotte Marston. 2021. "Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Covid19 Comorbidity?" Journal of Respiration 1, no. 1: 74-79. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor1010007