ArticleEnvironment, development and sustainability2021
Air pollution aggravating COVID-19 lethality? Exploration in Asian cities using statistical models.
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- Epigenetics at the Intersection of COVID-19 Risk and Environmental Chemical Exposures.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
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- Air Quality, Pollution and Sustainability Trends in South Asia: A Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Linear and non-linear dynamics of the epidemics: System identification based parametric prediction models for the pandemic outbreaks.ISA transactions · 2022Article
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Abstract
The present work estimates the increased risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by establishing the linkage between the mortality rate in the infected cases and the air pollution, specifically Particulate Matters (PM) with aerodynamic diameters ≤ 10 µm and ≤ 2.5 µm. Data related to nine Asian cities are analyzed using statistical approaches, including the analysis of variance and regression model. The present work suggests that there exists a positive correlation between the level of air pollution of a region and the lethality related to COVID-19, indicating air pollution to be an elemental and concealed factor in aggravating the global burden of deaths related to COVID-19. Past exposures to high level of PM
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