Geospatial Correlation Analysis between Air Pollution Indicators and Estimated Speed of COVID-19 Diffusion in the Lombardy Region (Italy).

Lorenzo GianquintieriMaria Antonia BrovelliAndrea PagliosaRodolfo BonoraGiuseppe Maria SechiEnrico Gianluca Caiani

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)

this is the first study relating COVID-19 estimated speed of diffusion with indicators of exposure to NH3. As NH3 could induce oxidative stress, its role in creating a pre-existing fragility that could have facilitated SARS-CoV-2 replication and worsening of patient conditions could be speculated.

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