Air pollution, SARS-CoV-2 incidence and COVID-19 mortality in Rome – a longitudinal study
The European respiratory journal
; 2022.
Article
in English
| EuropePMC | ID: covidwho-1958253
ABSTRACT
Chronic exposure to ambient air pollution has been related to increased mortality in the general population [1]. After the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2019, there has been a fast proliferation of epidemiological studies linking ambient air pollution to COVID-19 incidence or adverse prognosis [2]. It has been hypothesised that ambient air pollution might increase human vulnerability to viruses by reducing immune defences, promoting a low-level chronic inflammatory state, or leading to chronic diseases [3]. Most studies applied ecological designs, and failed to account for key individual-level or area-level determinants of COVID-19 spread or severity, such as demographic characteristics of the studied populations, socioeconomic or clinical susceptibility, and area-level proxies of disease spread such as mobility or population density [4].
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EuropePMC
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
The European respiratory journal
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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