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 …

Environmental factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 transmission: effect and role of indoor environmental quality in the strategy for COVID-19 infection control

K Azuma, U Yanagi, N Kagi, H Kim, M Ogata… - … health and preventive …, 2020 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a new zoonotic agent
that emerged in December 2019, causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This …

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 …

Effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections

JL Domingo, J Rovira - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, carbon monoxide, volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the outdoor …

The Europe second wave of COVID-19 infection and the Italy “strange” situation

E Bontempi - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
At the end of February 2020 COVID-19 infection appeared in Italy, with consequent diffusion,
in few weeks, in almost all the Europe. Despite that human-to-human is the recognized main …

COVID-19 and air pollution and meteorology-an intricate relationship: A review

A Srivastava - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Corona virus is highly uncertain and complex in space and time. Atmospheric parameters
such as type of pollutants and local weather play an important role in COVID-19 cases and …

Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review

M Marquès, JL Domingo - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
Undoubtedly, there is a tremendous concern regarding the new viral strain" Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2"(SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease known as …

An index to quantify environmental risk of exposure to future epidemics of the COVID-19 and similar viral agents: Theory and practice

M Coccia - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
In the presence of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and other new viral agents,
one of the fundamental problems in science is the evaluation of environmental and social …

Influence of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on COVID-19 pandemic. A review

JL Domingo, M Marquès, J Rovira - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, a number of epidemiological studies have demonstrated that exposure to air
pollution is associated with several adverse outcomes, such as acute lower respiratory …

International trade as critical parameter of COVID-19 spread that outclasses demographic, economic, environmental, and pollution factors

E Bontempi, M Coccia - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that caused the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), generating high numbers of COVID-19 related …