Monitoring Air Pollution in Greek Urban Areas During the Lockdowns, as a Response Measure of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

ABSTRACT: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) a pandemic. Countries all over the world imposed restriction measures, in an attempt to limit the expansion of the pandemic. Provided that human activities in large urban areas affect air quality, we studied the concentrations of gaseous pollutants ΝΟ, ΝΟ₂, O₃, C₆H₆, and particulate matter PM₁₀ in the air, through gas pollution measuring stations in the center of Athens (Greek capital), the center of Piraeus (Greece's largest port), Athens International Airport (most international and domestic flights within Greece). We monitored and compared the concentrations of ΝΟ, ΝΟ₂, O₃, C₆H₆, and ΡΜ₁₀, of 2020 to

SUBMITTER: Avdoulou MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9782276 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature