Assessing the impact of long-term exposure to nine outdoor air pollutants on COVID-19 spatial spread and related mortality in 107 Italian provinces.

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the air quality in 107 Italian provinces in the period 2014-2019 and the association between exposure to nine outdoor air pollutants and the COVID-19 spread and related mortality in the same areas. The methods used were negative binomial (NB) regression, ordinary least squares (OLS) model, and spatial autoregressive (SAR) model. The results showed that (i) common air pollutants-nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ozone (O₃), and particulate matter (PM_2.5 and PM₁₀)-were highly and positively correlated with large firms, energy and gas consumption, public transports, and livestock sector; (ii) long-term exposure to NO₂, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, benzene, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), and cadmium (Cd) was positively and signi

SUBMITTER: Perone G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349267 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature