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Do environmental pollutants carrier to COVID-19 pandemic? A cross-sectional analysis.
Shamsi, Salman; Zaman, Khalid; Usman, Bushra; Nassani, Abdelmohsen A; Haffar, Mohamed; Abro, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi.
  • Shamsi S; Department of Economics, University of Haripur, Haripur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
  • Zaman K; Department of Economics, University of Haripur, Haripur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. khalid_zaman786@yahoo.com.
  • Usman B; School of Management, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Nassani AA; Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh, 11587, Saudi Arabia.
  • Haffar M; Department of Management, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
  • Abro MMQ; Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh, 11587, Saudi Arabia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 29(12): 17530-17543, 2022 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1474081
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly transmitted disease that spreads all over the globe in a short period. Environmental pollutants are considered one of the carriers to spread the COVID-19 pandemic through health damages. Carbon emissions, PM2.5 emissions, nitrous oxide emissions, GHG, and other GHG emissions are mainly judged separately in the earlier studies in different economic settings. The study hypothesizes that environmental pollutants adversely affect healthcare outcomes, likely to infected people by contagious diseases, including coronavirus cases. The subject matter is vital to analyze the preventive healthcare theory by using different environmental pollutants on the COVID-19 factors total infected cases, total death cases, and case fatality ratio, in a large cross-section of 119 countries. The study employed the generalized least square (GLS) method for robust inferences. The results show that GHG and CO2 emissions are critical factors likely to increase total coronavirus cases and death rates. On the other hand, nitrous oxide, carbon, and transport emissions increase the case fatality ratio through healthcare damages. The study concludes that stringent environmental policies and improving healthcare infrastructure can control coronavirus cases across countries.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Air Pollutants / Environmental Pollutants / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Journal subject: Environmental Health / Toxicology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11356-021-17004-5

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Air Pollutants / Environmental Pollutants / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Journal subject: Environmental Health / Toxicology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11356-021-17004-5