ArticleBMC public health2021
An Italian individual-level data study investigating on the association between air pollution exposure and Covid-19 severity in primary-care setting.
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- The impact of air pollution on COVID-19 incidence, severity, and mortality: A systematic review of studies in Europe and North America.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020-2021 case surges.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- Short-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 pneumonia in New York City: stronger associations among individuals with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Consideration of Cardiovascular Morbidities in the Relationship between Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Individual-Level Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Article
- The relationship between chronic air pollution exposure, neighborhood environmental vulnerability, and adverse COVID-19 morbidities among hospitalized New York City residents.Environment international · 2025Article
- Impact of short-term ambient air pollution exposure on the risk of severe COVID-19.Journal of environmental sciences (China) · 2024Article
- Linkage between Airborne Particulate Matter and Viral Pandemic COVID-19 in Bucharest.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- A new method for accurate calculation of case fatality rates during a pandemic: Mathematical deduction based on population-level big data.Infectious medicine · 2023Article
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- Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: An analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Combining aggregate and individual-level data to estimate individual-level associations between air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Review
- Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with COVID-19 in Southern California.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022Article
- The association of airborne particulate matter and benzo[a]pyrene with the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients hospitalized in Poland.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- An analysis of the dynamic spatial spread of COVID-19 across South Korea.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Overlapping Delta and Omicron Outbreaks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dynamic Panel Data Estimates.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- Air (ine)quality in the European Union.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality in Italy: Retrospective Analysis of Epidemiological Trends.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- "SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by particulate air pollution": Misinterpretations of statistical data, skewed citation practices, and misuse of specific terminology spreading the misconception.Environmental research · 2022Article
- A COVID-19 vaccination model for Aotearoa New Zealand.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral studies have been focusing on the potential role of atmospheric pollutants in the diffusion and impact on health of Covid-19. This study's objective was to estimate the association between ≤10 μm diameter particulate matter (PM
methodsInformation on Covid-19 patients was retrieved from the Italian IQVIA® Longitudinal Patient Database (LPD), a computerized network of general practitioners (GPs) including anonymous data on patients' consultations and treatments. All patients with a Covid-19 diagnosis during March 18th, 2020 - June 30th, 2020 were included in the study. The date of first Covid-19 registration was the starting point of the 3-month follow-up (Index Date). Patients were classified based on Covid-19-related pneumonia registrations on the Index date and/or during follow-up presence/absence. Each patient was assigned individual exposure by calculating average PM
resultsAmong 6483 Covid-19 patients included, 1079 (16.6%) had a diagnosis of pneumonia. Pneumonia patients were older, more frequently men, more health-impaired, and had a higher individual-level exposure to PM
conclusionThe consistent findings toward a positive association between PM
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