Impacts of air pollution on COVID-19 case fatality rate: a global analysis.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still rapidly spreading globally. To probe high-risk cities and the impacts of air pollution on public health, this study explores the relationship between the long-term average concentration of air pollution and the city-level case fatality rate (CFR) of COVID-19 globally. Then, geographically weighted regression (GWR) is applied to examine the spatial variability of the relationships. Six air pollution factors, including nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), ozone (O₃), PM_2.5 (particles with diameter ≤2.5 μm), PM₁₀ (particles with diameter ≤10 μm), and air quality index (AQI), are positively associated with the city-level COVID-19 CFR. Our results indicate that a 1-unit incr

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724597 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature