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. 2022 Sep 7;60(3):2200589.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00589-2022. Print 2022 Sep.

Air pollution, SARS-CoV-2 incidence and COVID-19 mortality in Rome: a longitudinal study

Federica Nobile  1 , Paola Michelozzi  1 , Carla Ancona  1 , Giovanna Cappai  1 , Giulia Cesaroni  1 , Marina Davoli  1 , Mirko Di Martino  1 , Emanuele Nicastri  2 , Enrico Girardi  2 , Alessia Beccacece  2 , Paola Scognamiglio  2 , Chiara Sorge  1 , Francesco Vairo  2 , Massimo Stafoggia  3
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Air pollution, SARS-CoV-2 incidence and COVID-19 mortality in Rome: a longitudinal study

Federica Nobile et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Long-term exposure to air pollution (PM2.5 and NO2) was associated with COVID-19 mortality, but not with SARS-CoV-2 incidence, in a large observational population-based cohort of >1.5 million subjects in Rome, Italy https://bit.ly/3zZjjSC

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Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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