ReviewEnvironmental research2022
Positive association between outdoor air pollution and the incidence and severity of COVID-19. A review of the recent scientific evidences.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- A meta-analysis result: Uneven influences of season, geo-spatial scale and latitude on relationship between meteorological factors and the COVID-19 transmission.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- The association between daily-diagnosed COVID-19 morbidity and short-term exposure to PMEnvironmental research · 2022Pooled it
- Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020-2021 case surges.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
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- Spatial and neighborhood data in the collaborative cohort of cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R).PloS one · 2026Observational
- 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 Relation of Air Pollution on Morbidity and Mortality of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Tekirdag, Türkiye.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Bayesian joint spatiotemporal modelling of primary infection and reinfection of HFMD at county level in Jiangsu, China, 2009-2023.BMC public health · 2025Article
- REACH-OUT: Race, Ethnicity, and Air Pollution in COVID-19 Hospitalization OUTcomes.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2025Article
- Linking Pollution and Viral Risk: Detection of Dioxins and Coronaviruses in Cats and Dogs.Viruses · 2025Article
- Environmental Exposures and COVID-19 Experiences in the United States, 2020-2022.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
- Modulation of COVID-19 incidence by environmental stressors is variant between pre-Omicron and Omicron periods.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Canine coronavirus infection is intensified by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.Archives of toxicology · 2025Article
- Implications of spatial and seasonal air pollution patterns, socioeconomic disparities, and 15-minute communities for achieving WHO air quality guidelines.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessing the risks of short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants on COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tehran, Iran: a time-stratified case-crossover approach.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Analysis of the distribution characteristics and influencing factors of viruses carried by atmospheric PMFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Variation in the Impact of New York on Pause on Traffic Congestion by Racialized Economic Segregation and Environmental Burden.GeoHealth · 2024Article
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Abstract
In June 2020, we published a review focused on assessing the influence of various air pollutants on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the severity of COVID-19 in patients infected by the coronavirus. The results of most of those reviewed studies suggested that chronic exposure to certain air pollutants might lead to more severe and lethal forms of COVID-19, as well as delays/complications in the recovery of the patients. Since then, a notable number of studies on this topic have been published, including also various reviews. Given the importance of this issue, we have updated the information published since our previous review. Taking together the previous results and those of most investigations now reviewed, we have concluded that there is a significant association between chronic exposure to various outdoor air pollutants: PM
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