ReviewEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2020
Air quality during the COVID-19: PM
Review in Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
112 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Quality: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Counterintuitive PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Source apportionment and dynamics of PMScientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationship between COVID-19 Cases and Environmental Contaminants in Quito, Ecuador.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Parkinson's Disease Is Predominantly an Environmental Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Pathogen inhibition and indication by gelatin nonwoven mats with incorporation of polyphenol derivatives.RSC advances · 2023Article
- The growing impact of air quality on lung-related illness: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- The impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on the short-term association between in-vehicle particulate pollutants and the respiratory health of Parisian taxi drivers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Impact of coronavirus-driven reduction in aerosols on precipitation in the western United States.Atmospheric research · 2023Article
- Air pollution in Iran: The current status and potential solutions.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023Article
- Source apportionment of PMUrban climate · 2023Article
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution Characteristics and Drivers of PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of mobility restrictions on NOUrban climate · 2023Article
- A Review of Gas Measurement Practices and Sensors for Tunnels.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality analyzed through machine learning techniques.PeerJ. Computer science · 2023Article
- A machine learning approach to analyse ozone concentration in metropolitan area of Lima, Peru.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- COVID-19 impacts on mobility, environment, and health of active transportation users.Cities (London, England) · 2022Article
- Association Between Weather Parameters and SARS-CoV-2 Confirmed Cases in Two South African Cities.GeoHealth · 2022Article
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- Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Ascendancy over Ambient Particulate Matter Pollution Anomaly.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
52 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
On December 31, 2019, the Chinese authorities reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus that causes a serious disease in the city of Wuhan, China. This outbreak was classified as SARS-CoV2 and is the cause of the COVID-19 disease. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declares it a Pandemic and today it is considered the greatest challenge in global health that humanity has faced since World War II and it is estimated that between 40 and 60% of the population worldwide will catch the virus. This has caused enormous challenges in countries around the world in social, economic, environmental and obviously health issues. These challenges are mainly due to the effects of the established quarantines in almost all capitals and major cities around the world, from Asia, Europe to America. However, these lockdown which began worldwide from January 23, have had a significant impact on the environment and on the air quality of cities as recently reported by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and ESA (European Space Agency), with reductions according to them of up to 30% in some of the epicenters such as the case of Wuhan. Knowing that air pollution causes approximately 29% of lung cancer deaths, 43% of COPD deaths, and 25% of ischemic heart disease deaths, it is important to know the effects of quarantines in cities regarding air quality to take measures that favor populations and urban ecosystems when the emergency ends. Therefore, this paper describes the behavior of PM
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