ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2022
Association between Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality: A Population-Based Case-Crossover Study Using Individual-Level Mortality Registry Confirmed by Medical Examiners.
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- A case-crossover analysis of short-term PMCommunications medicine · 2025Article
- Air Pollution in Relation to COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study in Catalonia, Spain (COVAIR-CAT).Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2024Article
- Is Pollution the Primary Driver of Infectious Syndemics?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Seasonal extreme temperatures and short-term fine particulate matter increases pediatric respiratory healthcare encounters in a sparsely populated region of the intermountain western United States.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- A bibliometric analysis of research on the health impacts of ozone air pollution.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Review
- Seasonal extreme temperatures and short-term fine particulate matter increases child respiratory hospitalizations in a sparsely populated region of the intermountain western United States.Research square · 2023Article
- Environmental Factors Influencing the Dynamics and Evolution of COVID-19: A Systematic Review on the Study of Short-Term Ozone Exposure.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Vaccine Antibody Response in a General Population Cohort (COVICAT Study, Catalonia).Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Clarifying a Foggy Picture: Moderate Air Pollution, Underlying Conditions, and Risk of COVID-19 Death.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Article
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backgroundStudies have suggested links between ambient air pollution and coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) mortality, yet confirmation by well-designed epidemiological studies with individual data is needed.
objectivesWe aimed to examine whether short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with risk of mortality from COVID-19 for those infected with COVID-19.
methodsThe Cook County Medical Examiner's Office reports individual-level data for deaths from COVID-19 that occur in its jurisdiction, which includes all confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Cook County, Illinois. Case-crossover analysis was conducted to estimate the associations of estimated short-term exposures to particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter
resultsOf the 7,462 case and 25,457 self-control days, almost all were days with exposure levels below the DISCUSSION: Short-term exposure to air pollution below the NAAQS may increase the mortality burden from COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10836.
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