The Effect of Pollution on the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe

This study investigates empirically how air pollution in earlier periods as measured by three air pollutants, namely NO(2), PM(10), and PM(2.5) may have affected the spread and fatality of COVID-19 in 31 European countries. Using panel data with fixed effects to examine the relationship between prev...

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Autores principales: Kasioumi, Myrto, Stengos, Thanasis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8531903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41885-021-00099-y
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description This study investigates empirically how air pollution in earlier periods as measured by three air pollutants, namely NO(2), PM(10), and PM(2.5) may have affected the spread and fatality of COVID-19 in 31 European countries. Using panel data with fixed effects to examine the relationship between previous exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 new cases and COVID-19 deaths, we find that previous air pollution levels have both acted as an important factor in explaining the COVID-19 spread and its high fatality rate. This result may explain the negative impact that these pollutants may have on health and in particular on the respiratory functions that are mainly attacked by the virus. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at doi:10.1007/s41885-021-00099-y.
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spelling pubmed-85319032021-10-22 The Effect of Pollution on the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe Kasioumi, Myrto Stengos, Thanasis Econ Disaster Clim Chang Original Paper This study investigates empirically how air pollution in earlier periods as measured by three air pollutants, namely NO(2), PM(10), and PM(2.5) may have affected the spread and fatality of COVID-19 in 31 European countries. Using panel data with fixed effects to examine the relationship between previous exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 new cases and COVID-19 deaths, we find that previous air pollution levels have both acted as an important factor in explaining the COVID-19 spread and its high fatality rate. This result may explain the negative impact that these pollutants may have on health and in particular on the respiratory functions that are mainly attacked by the virus. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at doi:10.1007/s41885-021-00099-y. Springer International Publishing 2021-10-22 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8531903/ /pubmed/34703977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41885-021-00099-y Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 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.
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