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Exposure and Health Impacts of Air Pollution

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 6241

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Dr. Parinaz Poursafa

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Faculty of social sciences, Global health and development, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland
Interests: environmental pollution; exposure; persistent organic pollutants; health effects; environmental health
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Dear Colleagues,

Air pollution is a major global health concern. It is considered as the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by chemical, physical or biological agents that can alter the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Air pollution has direct impact on different body organs and indirect health effects by contributing to global warming and climate change. According to global data, still in 2022, billions of the world population breathe unhealthy air.

Exposure to toxic air pollutants has several adverse effects. Both outdoor and indoor pollution are important, but usually people are mostly exposed to indoor pollutants in their home, school, or workplaces. Growing body of evidence showed that indoor air particulate on an equal weight base is toxicologically more active than outdoor particulate matter.

As the Guest Editor, I invite you to consider submitting your research for publication in this Special Issue of Atmosphere focusing on “Exposure and Health Impacts of Air Pollution”. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a selection of novel studies in the form of reviews and original papers related to short- and long-term health impacts of air pollutants during the life course. Potential authors are welcome to contact the Guest Editor with questions regarding their proposed topics for this Special Issue.

Dr. Parinaz Poursafa
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • air pollution
  • health
  • exposure
  • environmental health
  • indoor air pollution
  • persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
  • environmental pollution

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The Impact of Air Quality and Meteorology on COVID-19 Cases at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia and Prediction Using Machine Learning
by Juliana Jalaludin, Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor, Nur Afizan Abidin, Nur Faseeha Suhaimi and How-Ran Chao
Atmosphere 2023, 14(6), 973; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14060973 - 2 Jun 2023
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Emissions from motor vehicles and industrial sources have contributed to air pollution worldwide. The effect of chronic exposure to air pollution is associated with the severity of the COVID-19 infection. This ecological investigation explored the relationship between meteorological parameters, air pollutants, and COVID-19 [...] Read more.
Emissions from motor vehicles and industrial sources have contributed to air pollution worldwide. The effect of chronic exposure to air pollution is associated with the severity of the COVID-19 infection. This ecological investigation explored the relationship between meteorological parameters, air pollutants, and COVID-19 cases among residents in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur between 18 March and 1 June in the years 2019 and 2020. The air pollutants considered in this study comprised particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), and carbon monoxide (CO), whereas wind direction (WD), ambient temperature (AT), relative humidity (RH), solar radiation (SR), and wind speed (WS) were analyzed for meteorological information. On average, air pollutants demonstrated lower concentrations than in 2019 for both locations except PM2.5 in Kuala Lumpur. The cumulative COVID-19 cases were negatively correlated with SR and WS but positively correlated with O3, NO2, RH, PM10, and PM2.5. Overall, RH (r = 0.494; p < 0.001) and PM2.5 (r = −0.396, p < 0.001) were identified as the most significant parameters that correlated positively and negatively with the total cases of COVID-19 in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, respectively. Boosted Trees (BT) prediction showed that the optimal combination for achieving the lowest Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Squared Error (MSE), and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and a higher R-squared (R2) correlation between actual and predicted COVID-19 cases was achieved with a learning rate of 0.2, a minimum leaf size of 7, and 30 learners. The model yielded an R2 value of 0.81, a RMSE of 0.44, a MSE of 0.19, and a MAE of 0.35. Using the BT predictive model, the number of COVID-19 cases in Selangor was projected with an R2 value of 0.77. This study aligns with the existing notion of connecting meteorological factors and chronic exposure to airborne pollutants with the incidence of COVID-19. Integrated governance for holistic approaches would be needed for air quality management post-COVID-19 in Malaysia. Full article
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Association between Short-Term Exposure to Criteria Air Pollutants and Daily Mortality in Mexico City: A Time Series Study
by Rosa María Cerón, Julia Griselda Cerón, Marcela Rangel, Alejandro Ruíz, Claudia Aguilar, Carlos Montalvo, Yunúen Canedo, Rocío García, Martha Uc and Alma Galván
Atmosphere 2023, 14(6), 955; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14060955 - 30 May 2023
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The short-term effects of air pollution on the health of residents in the metropolitan area of Mexico City (MAMC) were assessed in 11 municipalities from 2012 to 2015 using a time-series approach. Site 11 (Azcapotzalco) presented values above the limit of the Mexican [...] Read more.
The short-term effects of air pollution on the health of residents in the metropolitan area of Mexico City (MAMC) were assessed in 11 municipalities from 2012 to 2015 using a time-series approach. Site 11 (Azcapotzalco) presented values above the limit of the Mexican regulations for SO2, while values above the limit were found for CO for the city’s other municipalities. Site 8 (Cuauhtemoc) presented the highest number of values above the maximum permissible limit for NO2, while site 1 (Alvaro Obregon) presented the highest number of values above the limit for O3. Finally, site 7 (Venustiano Carranza) presented the highest number of values above the limit for PM10. In general, the southeast and northwest of the city presented high levels of pollution for the criteria air pollutants: SO2, NO2, and PM10, while the southeast presented the highest levels for O3. A great number of associations were found between daily mortality and a 10% increase in the concentrations of most of the pollutants tested, for most of the municipalities of the city. Significant relative risk index (RRI) increases were found for people >60 years of age for all pollutants and municipalities, increases which resulted from a 10% increase in the daily mean concentrations of all pollutants tested. As the RRIs observed were low but significant, the findings are, thus, of public concern. The present study demonstrated that older people are at considerable risk from atmospheric pollution. Full article
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Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality in Brazil
by Reizane Maria Damasceno, Rejane Ennes Cicerelli, Tati de Almeida and Weeberb J. Requia
Atmosphere 2023, 14(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010005 - 20 Dec 2022
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Long-term exposure to poor air quality has been associated with respiratory viral infections such as influenza and measles. Some epidemiological studies in North America, Europe, and Asia also suggest that exposure to air pollution is associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality associated [...] Read more.
Long-term exposure to poor air quality has been associated with respiratory viral infections such as influenza and measles. Some epidemiological studies in North America, Europe, and Asia also suggest that exposure to air pollution is associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality associated with COVID-19. However, few studies have been conducted on this topic in South America. In this study, we investigate the association between ambient PM2.5, NO2, and O3 and their interaction with COVID-19-associated deaths in Brazil, the largest country in South America. We apply a negative binomial mixed model with zero inflation using municipality-level COVID-19 deaths as the endpoint and the long-term average of PM2.5, NO2, and O3 as the exposure. We added a random intercept by state to account for potential correlations between communities within the same state. After adjusting the model for several potential confounders, including meteorological variables, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic aspects, and healthcare conditions, we found a positive association between PM2.5 and COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, where a 1 μg/m3 increase in the long-term average of PM2.5 was associated with a 10.22% (95% CI: 9.35; 11.09) increase in COVID-19 deaths. In contrast, O3 and NO2 showed negative associations. As suggested by the literature in other countries, our results suggest that air pollution is an important cofactor that increases the risk of death from COVID-19 in Brazil. The effects of air pollution in Brazil are pronounced, indicating the need for improved air quality control policies. Full article
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