Long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 in Catalonia: a population-based cohort study

Abstract The association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and severe COVID-19 is uncertain. We followed 4,660,502 adults from the general population in 2020 in Catalonia, Spain. Cox proportional models were fit to evaluate the association between annual averages of PM2.5, NO2, BC...

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Main Authors: Otavio Ranzani, Anna Alari, Sergio Olmos, Carles Milà, Alex Rico, Joan Ballester, Xavier Basagaña, Carlos Chaccour, Payam Dadvand, Talita Duarte-Salles, Maria Foraster, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jordi Sunyer, Antònia Valentín, Manolis Kogevinas, Uxue Lazcano, Carla Avellaneda-Gómez, Rosa Vivanco, Cathryn Tonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38469-7