Air pollution and meteorological variables' effects on COVID-19 first and second waves in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to study the influence of atmospheric pollutants and meteorological variables on the incidence rate of COVID-19 and the rate of hospital admissions due to COVID-19 during the first and second waves in nine Spanish provinces. Numerous studies analyze the effect of environmental and pollution variables separately, but few that include them in the same analysis together, and even fewer that compare their effects between the first and second waves of the virus. This study was conducted in nine of 52 Spanish provinces, using generalized linear models with Poisson link between levels of PM₁₀, NO₂ and O₃ (independent variables) and maximum temperature and absolute humidity and the rates of incidence and hospital admissions of COVID-19 (

SUBMITTER: Banuelos Gimeno J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065237 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature