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Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities
The present study investigates the possible association between major air pollutants and COVID-19. We hypothesized that the post-lockdown surge in air pollution is the major cause of the increment in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The statistical results showed that pollutant concentrations of PM(2.5) (...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010960/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41324-023-00512-6 |
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author | Hari Prasad Peri, Subrahmanya |
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description | The present study investigates the possible association between major air pollutants and COVID-19. We hypothesized that the post-lockdown surge in air pollution is the major cause of the increment in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The statistical results showed that pollutant concentrations of PM(2.5) (20%), PM(10)(24%), SO(2) (12%), and O(3) (19%) were raised. So, we attempted to quantify the relative risk due to all major air pollutants by fitting generalized additive models. The results suggest that the pollution concentration escalated the COVID-19 cases and deaths. The pooled study suggests that for every 10 μg/m3 increment in pollutant concentration, an increment of COVID-19 cases is observed for PM(2.5) (3%), PM(10) (1%), SO(2) (7.7%), and O(3) (10%). Similarly, there is an increment in COVID-19 deaths for PM(2.5) (2.8%), PM(10) (1%), SO(2) (4.5%), and O(3) (7.2%). The spatial maps of relative risk revealed the most vulnerable regions due to each pollutant, thus steering the policymakers to implement region-specific mitigation strategies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41324-023-00512-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-100109602023-03-14 Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities Hari Prasad Peri, Subrahmanya Spat. Inf. Res. Article The present study investigates the possible association between major air pollutants and COVID-19. We hypothesized that the post-lockdown surge in air pollution is the major cause of the increment in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The statistical results showed that pollutant concentrations of PM(2.5) (20%), PM(10)(24%), SO(2) (12%), and O(3) (19%) were raised. So, we attempted to quantify the relative risk due to all major air pollutants by fitting generalized additive models. The results suggest that the pollution concentration escalated the COVID-19 cases and deaths. The pooled study suggests that for every 10 μg/m3 increment in pollutant concentration, an increment of COVID-19 cases is observed for PM(2.5) (3%), PM(10) (1%), SO(2) (7.7%), and O(3) (10%). Similarly, there is an increment in COVID-19 deaths for PM(2.5) (2.8%), PM(10) (1%), SO(2) (4.5%), and O(3) (7.2%). The spatial maps of relative risk revealed the most vulnerable regions due to each pollutant, thus steering the policymakers to implement region-specific mitigation strategies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41324-023-00512-6. Springer Nature Singapore 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10010960/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41324-023-00512-6 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Korea Spatial Information Society 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Hari Prasad Peri, Subrahmanya Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title | Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title_full | Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title_fullStr | Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title_full_unstemmed | Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title_short | Short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 in India: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
title_sort | short-term exposure to air pollution and covid-19 in india: spatio-temporal analysis of relative risk from 20 metropolitan cities |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010960/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41324-023-00512-6 |
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