SynthesisEnvironmental research2022
Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020-2021 case surges.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Application of Spatial Analysis on Electronic Health Records to Characterize Patient Phenotypes: Systematic Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Pooled it
- Particulate matter air pollution and COVID-19 infection, severity, and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Science of the total environment · 2023Pooled it
- Ambient Air Pollution and COVID-19 in California.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 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
- Spatiotemporal Trends and Drivers of PMToxics · 2025Article
- REACH-OUT: Race, Ethnicity, and Air Pollution in COVID-19 Hospitalization OUTcomes.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 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
- Natural and socio-environmental factors in the transmission of COVID-19: a comprehensive analysis of epidemiology and mechanisms.BMC public health · 2024Review
- Pre-admission ambient air pollution and blood soot particles predict hospitalisation outcomes in COVID-19 patients.The European respiratory journal · 2023Article
- Peculiar weather patterns effects on air pollution and COVID-19 spread in Tokyo metropolis.Environmental research · 2023Observational
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- Associations of COVID-19 Hospitalizations, ICU Admissions, and Mortality with Black and White Race and Their Mediation by Air Pollution and Other Risk Factors in the Louisiana Industrial Corridor, March 2020-August 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Spatial associations of long-term exposure to diesel particulate matter with seasonal and annual mortality due to COVID-19 in the contiguous United States.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Independent Effect of COVID-19 Vaccinations and Air Pollution Exposure on Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Southern California.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 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
- Exploring spatiotemporal pattern in the association between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and COVID-19 incidence in the continental United States: a Leroux-conditional-autoregression-based strategy.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Asbestos Exposure and Severity of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relation between PM2.5 pollution and Covid-19 mortality in Western Europe for the 2020-2022 period.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Recent Progress on Flexible Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Based on Metal Oxide Semiconductor.Nano-micro letters · 2022Review
- Proximity to livestock farms and COVID-19 in the Netherlands, 2020-2021.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAir pollution exposure may make people more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. However, previous studies in this area mostly focused on infection before May 2020 and long-term exposure.
objectiveTo assess both long-term and short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence across four case surges from 03/1/2020 to 02/28/2021.
methodsThe cohort included 4.6 million members from a large integrated health care system in southern California with comprehensive electronic medical records (EMR). COVID-19 cases were identified from EMR. Incidence of COVID-19 was computed at the census tract-level among members. Prior 1-month and 1-year averaged air pollutant levels (PM
resultsThe cohort included 446,440 COVID-19 cases covering 4609 census tracts. The pooled RRs (95% CI) of COVID-19 incidence associated with 1-year exposures to PM
conclusionLong-term PM
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