Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35841971›Full record

Observational studyEnvironmental research2022

Air quality in Germany as a contributing factor to morbidity from COVID-19.

Susanne Koch, Christina Hoffmann, Alexandre Caseiro, Marie Ledebur, Mario Menk, Erika von Schneidemesser

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Observational study in Environmental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanne KochCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: susanne.koch@charite.de.
Christina HoffmannCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, And Pathobiochemistry, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Alexandre CaseiroInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS), Berliner Strasse 130, 14467, Potsdam, Germany.
Marie LedeburCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Mario MenkCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Erika von SchneidemesserInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS), Berliner Strasse 130, 14467, Potsdam, Germany.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEResearch Institute for Sustainability at GFZ · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has been spreading in Germany since January 2020, with regional differences in incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Long-term exposure to air pollutants as nitrogen dioxide (NO

methodsWe conducted an observational study in Germany on county-level, investigating the association between long-term (2010-2019) air pollutant exposure (European Environment Agency, AirBase data set) and COVID-19 incidence, morbidity, and mortality rate during the first outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (open source data Robert Koch Institute). We used negative binominal models, including adjustment for risk factors (age, sex, days since first COVID-19 case, population density, socio-economic and health parameters).

resultsAfter adjustment for risk factors in the tri-pollutant model (NO

conclusionsOur results indicate that long-term NO

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionCOVID-19Environmental ExposureGermanyHumansIncidenceNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterSARS-CoV-2Air PollutantsNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterAir pollutionIntensive care medicineMechanical ventilationMortalityNitrogen dioxideSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35841971
PMCPMC9277987
OpenAlexW4285096991

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