An ecological study on the correlation between sanitary vulnerability and air pollution with COVID-19 pandemic burden: What lessons can we learn?

An ecological study on the correlation between sanitary vulnerability and air pollution with COVID-19 pandemic burden: What lessons can we learn?

Publication date: Dec 16, 2024

Air quality, socioeconomic status, access to healthcare, genetic predispositions, among other factors impacted the COVID-19 pandemic burden. We explored the relationship between PM2. 5 levels and sanitary vulnerability in COVID-19 pandemic health outcomes in Argentina. Ecological study. We used the Sanitary Vulnerability Index (SVI) to account for social determinants of health and distance to health centers. PM2. 5 air concentration and human emissions were obtained from the Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group V5. GL. 03 dataset and the inventory of anthropogenic gas-phase and particle emissions for Argentina (GEEA-AEIv3. 0M), respectively. Finally, we extracted data from March 1, 2020, to January 1, 2021 from the official Argentinean database of COVID-19 (Argentine Ministry of Health). SVI correlated with the rate of positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 people (r = -0. 56, p

Concepts Keywords
Argentinean Air pollution
Healthcare COVID-19
Pandemic PM2.5
Sanitary vulnerability

Semantics

Type Source Name
drug DRUGBANK Medical air
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic
disease IDO quality
disease MESH Long Covid

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