ReviewAtmospheric research2021
Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review of an intelligent indoor environment monitoring and management system for COVID-19 risk mitigation.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effect size of COVID-19 mobility restrictions intensity on air pollution: a natural experiment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Atmospheric Chemistry Insights from the Global COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review.Environmental science & technology · 2026Review
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- Human mobility under disasters: a systematic review and framework for equitable and resilient mobility governance.npj natural hazards · 2025Article
- Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on hospital admissions for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a nationwide population-based study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- The Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Road Transport Air Pollution in London: A State-Space Modelling Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 Health Measures on Adults With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Fingerprints of the COVID-19 economic downturn and recovery on ozone anomalies at high-elevation sites in North America and western Europe.Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2023Article
- Effect of altered human exposome on the skin and mucosal epithelial barrier integrity.Tissue barriers · 2023Article
- Urban birds become less fearful following COVID-19 reopenings.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- A machine learning-based study on the impact of COVID-19 on three kinds of pollution in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Impacts of COVID-19's restriction measures on personal exposure to VOCs and aldehydes in Taipei City.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- A bibliometric analysis of the impact of COVID-19 social lockdowns on air quality: research trends and future directions.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Review
- Urban resilience to socioeconomic disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- Radiative effects and feedbacks of anthropogenic aerosols on boundary layer meteorology and fine particulate matter during the COVID-19 lockdown over China.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Spatial characteristics of change trends of air pollutants in Chinese urban areas during 2016-2020: The impact of air pollution controls and the COVID-19 pandemic.Atmospheric research · 2023Article
- Analysis of Factors Influencing Air Quality in Different Periods during COVID-19: A Case Study of Tangshan, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A retrospect of ozone formation mechanisms during the COVID-19 lockdown: The potential role of isoprene.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal variations of ozone exposure and its risks to vegetation and human health in Cyprus: an analysis across a gradient of altitudes.Journal of forestry research · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced unprecedented measures such as restricted road and air travel and reduced human mobility in 2020. The curtailment of personal travel and economic activity provided a unique opportunity for researchers to assess the interplay between anthropogenic emissions of primary air pollutants, their physical transport, chemical transformation, ultimate fate and potential health impacts. In general, reductions in the atmospheric levels of outdoor air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO
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