Assessing whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the severity of COVID-19 health outcomes, including death, is an important public health objective. Limitations in …
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 …
Background Air pollution is speculated to increase the risks of COVID-19 spread, severity, and mortality. Objectives We systematically reviewed studies investigating the relationship …
Background: The tremendous global health burden related to COVID-19 means that identifying determinants of COVID-19 severity is important for prevention and intervention …
B Bowe, Y Xie, AK Gibson, M Cai… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Ecologic analyses suggest that living in areas with higher levels of ambient fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5) is associated with higher risk of adverse COVID-19 …
M Jerrett, CL Nau, DR Young, RK Butler… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Recent evidence links ambient air pollution to COVID-19 incidence, severity, and death, but few studies have analyzed individual-level mortality data with high quality …
N Sheppard, M Carroll, C Gao, T Lane - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological evidence links ambient particulate matter≤ 2.5 mm (PM 2.5) and the rate of COVID-19 infections, severity, and deaths. However, such studies are unable to account for …
Background The novel human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, causing tremendous public health, social, and …
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 …