Effects of air pollution and climatology on COVID-19 mortality in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The health, economic, and social impact of COVID-19 has been significant across the world. Our objective was to evaluate the association between air pollution (through NO₂ and PM_2.5 levels) and COVID-19 mortality in Spanish provinces from February 3, 2020, to July 14, 2020, adjusting for climatic parameters. An observational and ecological study was conducted with information extracted from Datadista repository (Datadista, 2020). Air pollutants (NO₂ and PM_2.5 levels) were analyzed as potential determinants of COVID-19 mortality. Multilevel Poisson regression models were used to analyze the risk of mortality after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Models were adjusted by four climatic variables (hours of solar

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Piedra C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8310774 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature