Association of COVID-19 transmission with high levels of ambient pollutants: Initiation and impact of the inflammatory response on cardiopulmonary disease

A Lai, ML Chang, RP O'Donnell, C Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ambient air pollution contributes to 7 million premature deaths annually. Concurrently, the
ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, complicated with S-protein …

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 …

The impact of outdoor air pollution on COVID-19: a review of evidence from in vitro, animal, and human studies

T Bourdrel, I Annesi-Maesano… - European respiratory …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Studies have pointed out that air pollution may be a contributing factor to the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the specific links between air pollution and …

Taking a stand against air pollution—the impact on cardiovascular disease: a joint opinion from the World Heart Federation, American College of Cardiology …

M Brauer, B Casadei, RA Harrington, R Kovacs… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Although the attention of the world and the global health community specifically is
deservedly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, other determinants of health continue to …

Exposure to air pollution and COVID‐19 severity: A review of current insights, management, and challenges

N Ali, KA Fariha, F Islam, MA Mishu… - Integrated …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Several epidemiological studies have suggested a link between air pollution and respiratory
tract infections. The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) poses a great threat …

Impact of short-term ambient air pollution exposure on the risk of severe COVID-19

B Feng, J Lian, F Yu, D Zhang, W Chen, Q Wang… - journal of environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecological studies suggested a link between air pollution and severe COVID-19 outcomes,
while studies accounting for individual-level characteristics are limited. In the present study …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the biological, epidemiological, and statistical relevance of COVID-19 paired with air pollution

EF Yates, K Zhang, A Naus, C Forbes, X Wu… - Environmental advances, 2022 - Elsevier
This narrative review paper is aimed to critically evaluate recent studies of the associations
between air pollution and the outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic. The main air pollutants …

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 pathogenesis, and exposure to air pollution: What is the connection?

B Woodby, MM Arnold… - Annals of the new York …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to air pollutants has been previously associated with respiratory viral infections,
including influenza, measles, mumps, rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus …

Air pollution, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and COVID-19 outcomes: A state-of-the-science review of a rapidly evolving research area

A Bhaskar, J Chandra, D Braun, J Cellini, F Dominici - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, 692,000 (August 7, 2020) human lives
and counting have been lost worldwide to COVID-19. Understanding the relationship …

Double trouble: combined cardiovascular effects of particulate matter exposure and coronavirus disease 2019

V Tanwar, JM Adelstein, LE Wold - Cardiovascular Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly grown into a pandemic. According to …