Effects of chronic exposure to ambient air pollutants on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality-A lesson from OECD countries

Z Barnett-Itzhaki, A Levi - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to ambient air pollution is related to 4.2 million premature deaths per
year worldwide and is associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes, such as …

Effects of chronic exposure to ambient air pollutants, demographic, and socioeconomic factors on COVID-19 morbidity: The Israeli case study

A Levi, Z Barnett-Itzhaki - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Recent studies conducted in several OECD countries have shown that chronic
exposure to elevated levels of air pollutants (especially PM 2.5, PM 10 and NOx), might …

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality among four million COVID-19 cases in Italy: the EpiCovAir study

M Stafoggia, A Ranzi, C Ancona… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The role of chronic exposure to ambient air pollutants in increasing COVID-19
fatality is still unclear. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the association between …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: An analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland

A Beloconi, P Vounatsou - Environmental research, 2023 - Elsevier
Several studies are pointing out that exposure to elevated air pollutants could contribute to
increased COVID-19 mortality. However, literature on the associations between air pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution on COVID-19 incidence: A population-based cohort study accounting for SARS-CoV-2 exposure levels in …

J Zorn, M Simões, GJM Velders, M Gerlofs-Nijland… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Several studies have linked air pollution to COVID-19 morbidity and severity. However,
these studies do not account for exposure levels to SARS-CoV-2, nor for different sources of …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalisation or death: Danish nationwide cohort study

J Zhang, YH Lim, R So, JT Jørgensen… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Early ecological studies have suggested links between air pollution and risk of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but evidence from individual-level cohort studies is …

Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and COVID-19 severity: a prospective cohort study

C Chen, J Wang, J Kwong, JH Kim, A van Donkelaar… - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The tremendous global health burden related to COVID-19 means that
identifying determinants of COVID-19 severity is important for prevention and intervention …

Global association between air pollution and COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Yu, Q Zhang, Y Wei, R Chen, H Kan - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenge for global public
health systems and exacerbates existing health disparities. Epidemiological evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 severity: A cohort study in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

S Hyman, J Zhang, ZJ Andersen, S Cruickshank… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exposure to outdoor air pollution may affect incidence and severity of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). In this retrospective cohort based on patient records from the Greater …

Effects of short-and long-term exposure to atmospheric pollution on COVID-19 risk and fatality: analysis of the first epidemic wave in northern Italy

CC Ho, SC Hung, WC Ho - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of exposure to atmospheric pollution on the incidence and mortality due to
COVID-19 have been studied but not for sulfur dioxide (SO 2) in most studies. However …