Methodological considerations for epidemiological studies of air pollution and the SARS and COVID-19 coronavirus outbreaks

PJ Villeneuve, MS Goldberg - Environmental health perspectives, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Studies have reported that ambient air pollution is associated with an
increased risk of develo** or dying from coronavirus-2 (COVID-19). Methodological …

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: from transmission to control with an interdisciplinary vision

U Anand, C Cabreros, J Mal, F Ballesteros Jr… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
There a lot of review papers addressing specific COVID-19 research sectors, then devoted
to specialists. This review provides an in-depth summary of the available information about …

Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19

A Pozzer, F Dominici, A Haines, C Witt… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is
increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also …

Correlation between environmental pollution indicators and COVID-19 pandemic: a brief study in Californian context

MF Bashir, B Jiang, B Komal, MA Bashir… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak was first detected in Wuhan
Hubei province, China. The April 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions …

Fluctuations in environmental pollutants and air quality during the lockdown in the USA and China: two sides of COVID-19 pandemic

A Shakoor, X Chen, TH Farooq, U Shahzad… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Due to the global threat, many countries …

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: a look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators

TR Bolano-Ortiz, Y Camargo-Caicedo, SE Puliafito… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
We have evaluated the spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) region by means of a correlation between climate and air pollution indicators, namely …

Can air-conditioning systems contribute to the spread of SARS/MERS/COVID-19 infection? Insights from a rapid review of the literature

F Chirico, A Sacco, NL Bragazzi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is still debated. The aim of this rapid review is to
evaluate the COVID-19 risk associated with the presence of air-conditioning systems …

Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

IE Isphording, N Pestel - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and
severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data at the county-by-day level on confirmed …

Is there an association between the level of ambient air pollution and COVID-19?

B Wang, H Chen, YL Chan… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Epidemiological studies suggest that environmental factors (eg, air pollution) can influence
the spread and infectivity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, very few …

Association of air pollution and meteorological variables with COVID-19 incidence: evidence from five megacities in India

SSR Kolluru, AK Patra, SMS Nagendra - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Although lockdown of the industrial and transport sector and stay at home advisories to
counter the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that the air quality has improved during this …