Chronic exposure to air pollution implications on COVID-19 severity.
Med Hypotheses
; 145: 110303, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-799149
ABSTRACT
Populations in areas with higher levels of air pollution both indoors and outdoors show increased mortality rates when infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The association between air quality and COVID-19 is commonly attributed to the risk of transmission. Although controlled transmission is crucial, further investigation into air quality traits that contribute to the lethality of COVID-19 in infected persons enables risk stratification and optimization of the allocation of resources. There is a need for a valid basis for the proactive identification of indicators of COVID-19 severity in air quality that allow for the implementation of systematic environmental improvements aimed at preventing COVID-19 mortality. In this paper, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) is identified as a source of disrupted activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis; it is therefore, a contributable variable to COVID-19 mortality.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Air Pollutants
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Particulate Matter
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Hypotheses
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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