The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: a systematic review

C Copat, A Cristaldi, M Fiore, A Grasso… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has determined a pneumonia outbreak in China (Wuhan,
Hubei Province) in December 2019, called COVID-19 disease. In addition to the person-to …

The effects of air pollution on COVID-19 infection and mortality—a review on recent evidence

N Ali, F Islam - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of COVID-19 has created a serious public health concern worldwide.
Although, most of the regions around the globe have been affected by COVID-19 infections; …

Effects of air pollution on the potential transmission and mortality of COVID-19: a preliminary case-study in Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain)

M Marquès, J Rovira, M Nadal, JL Domingo - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The number of studies published on COVID-19 in recent months is certainly impressive.
However, there are still important gaps to know a great number of characteristics of this …

[HTML][HTML] Positive association between outdoor air pollution and the incidence and severity of COVID-19. A review of the recent scientific evidences

M Marquès, JL Domingo - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In June 2020, we published a review focused on assessing the influence of various air
pollutants on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the severity of COVID-19 in patients …

The impact of air pollution on COVID-19 incidence, severity, and mortality: A systematic review of studies in Europe and North America

IH Carballo, M Bakola, D Stuckler - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution is speculated to increase the risks of COVID-19 spread, severity,
and mortality. Objectives We systematically reviewed studies investigating the relationship …

Acute and chronic exposure to air pollution in relation with incidence, prevalence, severity and mortality of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review

PDMC Katoto, AS Brand, B Bakan, PM Obadia… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Air pollution is one of the world's leading mortality risk factors contributing to
seven million deaths annually. COVID-19 pandemic has claimed about one million deaths in …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020–2021 case surges

MA Sidell, Z Chen, BZ Huang, T Chow, SP Eckel… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution exposure may make people more vulnerable to COVID-19
infection. However, previous studies in this area mostly focused on infection before May …

An updated systematic review on the association between atmospheric particulate matter pollution and prevalence of SARS-CoV-2

M Maleki, E Anvari, PK Hopke, Z Noorimotlagh… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On December 31, 2019, the novel human coronavirus (COVID-19) was emerged in
Wuhan city, China, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Air pollution is associated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Vienna, Austria

HP Hutter, M Poteser, H Moshammer… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
We determined the impact of air pollution on COVID-19-related mortality and reported-case
incidence, analyzing the correlation of infection case numbers and outcomes with previous …

The spread of 2019-nCoV in China was primarily driven by population density. Comment on “Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 …

S Copiello, C Grillenzoni - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, an article published in the journal Science of the Total Environment and authored
by Zhu et al. has claimed the “Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and …