Effects of the built environment and human factors on the spread of COVID-19: A systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT: Soon after its emergence, COVID-19 became a global problem. While different types of vaccines and treatments are now available, still non-pharmacological policies play a critical role in managing the pandemic. The literature is enriched enough to provide comprehensive, practical, and scientific insights to better deal with the pandemic. This research aims to find out how the built environment and human factors have affected the transmission of COVID-19 on different scales, including country, state, county, city, and urban district. This is done through a systematic literature review of papers indexed on the Web of Science and Scopus. Initially, these databases returned 4264 papers, and after different stages of screening, we found 166 relevant papers and reviewed them. The empirical papers

SUBMITTER: Alidadi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9383943 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature