Long-term concentrations of fine particulate matter and impact on human health in Verona, Italy

Pozzer, Andrea; Bacer, Sara; Sappadina, Simona de Zolt; Predicatori, F.; Caleffi, A.

doi:10.1016/j.apr.2018.11.012

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“…4 Lombardy is also among the most polluted regions in all of Europe (European Environmental Agency 2019). The relatively higher air pollutant concentrations in the Po Valley region of Italy contrasts sharply with neighbouring alpine regions and stems from the combination of two main factors (Carugno et al 2016;Larsen et al 2012;Pozzer et al 2019). The first is the high concentration of urban areas with their congested roads and industrial belts.…”

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The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

Coker

Cavalli

Fabrizi

et al. 2020

Environ Resource Econ

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Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutant concentrations is known to cause chronic lung inflammation, a condition that may promote increased severity of COVID-19 syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this paper, we empirically investigate the ecologic association between long-term concentrations of area-level fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and excess deaths in the first quarter of 2020 in municipalities of Northern Italy. The study accounts for potentially spatial confounding factors related to urbanization that may have influenced the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 and related COVID-19 mortality. Our epidemiological analysis uses geographical information (e.g., municipalities) and negative binomial regression to assess whether both ambient PM 2.5 concentration and excess mortality have a similar spatial distribution. Our analysis suggests a positive association of ambient PM 2.5 concentration on excess mortality in Northern Italy related to the COVID-19 epidemic. Our estimates suggest that a one-unit increase in PM 2.5 concentration (µg/m 3) is associated with a 9% (95% confidence interval: 6-12%) increase in COVID-19 related mortality.

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The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

Coker

Cavalli

Fabrizi

et al. 2020

Environ Resource Econ

157

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“…Pollutants would lead to a serious decline in atmospheric visibility, and they could bring many inconveniences to people's normal travel and transport. They also caused different degrees of harm to human bodies [3,4]. PM 2.5 was considered as the major pollutant in the atmosphere.…”

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Spatiotemporal Distribution of PM<sub>2.5</sub> and Its Correlation with Other Air Pollutants in Winter During 2016~2018 in Xi’an, China

Zhang¹,

Fan²,

Wei³

et al. 2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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High concentration of PM 2.5 has seriously affected people's daily lives in recent years. It is necessary to analyze PM 2.5 and the correlations with other pollutants in winter. Data presented in this paper were obtained from monitoring stations from 2016 to 2018. Attention was fixed on PM 2.5 and its monthly and daily variations in winter. Furthermore, the correlations between PM 2.5 and CO, SO 2 , NO 2 , O 3 and PM 10 were studied. The results showed concentrating PM 2.5 was roughly consistent with the monthly and daily trends. It was January>December>February>November>March. The mass concentration ranges of PM 2.5 before and after the adjustment of heating energy structures were 64.5-184.1 μg/m 3 , and 86.4-140.1 μg/m 3 , respectively. The average concentrations of PM 2.5 were 135.5 μg/m 3 , and 109.1 μg/m 3 , decreased by 26.4 μg/m 3. PM 2.5 /PM 10 was changed from 64.6% to 62.6%, reduced by 2%. The linear correlation analysis revealed a strong correlation between PM 2.5 and CO, SO 2 , NO 2 , and PM 10 , but a negative correlation between PM 2.5 and O 3. Two multiple linear regression models on the pollutants were established, respectively. This study helps understand the concentrating distribution of PM 2.5 and other pollutants in winter. It will provide some useful references to control air pollution for some cities, which have a similar type of heating energy structure.

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“…In addition to the PM concentration and size distribution, chemical composition of particulates is another factor, that directly influences the reactivity, toxicity and the scale of PM impacts on the human body [5,7,20,[22][23][24]. The knowledge about PM chemical composition also help to understand a time and space variation in ambient particulate concentrations as well as source-receptor relationships [25][26][27].…”

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Chemical Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter in Poland in Relation with Data from Selected Rural and Urban Background Stations in Europe

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Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) is recognized as a one of the most important environmental issue. A particular attention is being paid to fine PM fraction (PM2.5, PM1.0) due to its detrimental impact on human health and long-term persistence in the air. Presented work is an in-depth bibliometric study on the concentrations and chemical composition of PM2.5 among 27 rural and 38 urban/urban background stations dispersed across the Europe. Obtained results indicate that the chemical composition of PM2.5, in terms of mass concentrations and percentage contribution of main chemical constituents, is relatively different in various parts of Europe. Urban and urban background stations are typically characterized by higher share of total carbon (TC) in PM2.5, compared to rural background sites, mostly pronounced during the heating periods. The share of the secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA) is typically higher at rural background stations, especially in North-Western Europe. In general, the relative contribution of SIA in PM2.5 mass, both at rural and urban background stations, showed more or less pronounced seasonal variation, opposite to Polish measurement sites. Moreover, Poland stands out from the majority of the European stations by strong dominance of total carbon over secondary inorganic aerosol.

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Long-term concentrations of fine particulate matter and impact on human health in Verona, Italy

Cited by 45 publications

References 23 publications

The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

Spatiotemporal Distribution of PM<sub>2.5</sub> and Its Correlation with Other Air Pollutants in Winter During 2016~2018 in Xi’an, China

Chemical Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter in Poland in Relation with Data from Selected Rural and Urban Background Stations in Europe

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