The influence of COVID-19 on air quality in India: a boon or inutile

S Gautam - Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Corona virus diseases-2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease identified in late
December, 2019, in Wuhan city of China, was declared a pandemic by the World Health …

Green synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles and nanocomposites for biomedical and environmental applications: a review

TV Tran, DTC Nguyen, PS Kumar, ATM Din… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Pollution and diseases such as the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) are major issues that
may be solved partly by nanotechnology. Here we review the synthesis of ZrO 2 …

Factors determining the diffusion of COVID-19 and suggested strategy to prevent future accelerated viral infectivity similar to COVID

M Coccia - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of air pollutants on airway diseases

YG Lee, PH Lee, SM Choi, MH An, AS Jang - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Air pollutants include toxic particles and gases emitted in large quantities from many
different combustible materials. They also include particulate matter (PM) and ozone, and …

Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

Significant impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in Kolkata (India) and amelioration of environmental health

B Bera, S Bhattacharjee, PK Shit, N Sengupta… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
The fatal novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disease smashes the normal tempo of
global socio-economic and cultural livelihood. Most of the countries impose a lockdown …

Bioaerosols: characterization, pathways, sampling strategies, and challenges to geo-environment and health

ARK Gollakota, S Gautam, M Santosh, HA Sudan… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial toxins pose a significant threat to the natural environment and all forms of life on
planet earth. These biological organisms, such as enzymes, viruses or fragments wreak …

A comprehensive review of microbial contamination in the indoor environment: sources, sampling, health risks, and mitigation strategies

H Chawla, P Anand, K Garg, N Bhagat… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The quality of the indoor environment significantly impacts human health and productivity,
especially given the amount of time individuals spend indoors globally. While chemical …

Heavy metal concentration and its distribution analysis in urban road dust: A case study from most populated city of Indian state of Uttarakhand

L Bisht, V Gupta, A Singh, AS Gautam… - Spatial and Spatio …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work reports pollution level and spatial distribution of heavy metals (HMs) ie
Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni) …

Contribution of particulates to airborne disease transmission and severity: a review

H Myung, YS Joung - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has catalyzed great interest in the
spread of airborne pathogens. Airborne infectious diseases are classified into viral …