Short-term health effects of air quality changes during the COVID‑19 pandemic in the City of Novi Sad, the Republic of Serbia.
air pollution
environment
health impact assessment
mortality
particulate matter
public health
Journal
International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
ISSN: 1896-494X
Titre abrégé: Int J Occup Med Environ Health
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 9437093
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 May 2021
27 May 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
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4
2021
medline:
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7
2021
entrez:
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4
2021
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ppublish
Résumé
The objective of this research is to determine the change in outdoor air quality during the COVID‑19 related state of emergency resulting in a lockdown and the potential health benefits for the urban population. During 53 days of the COVID‑19 related state of emergency with a lockdown (March 15-May 6, 2020) in the Republic of Serbia, as well as in the corresponding periods of 2018 and 2019, data on the daily sulfur dioxide (SO The average daily concentrations of PM Air pollution in the City of Novi Sad had a chance to be improved due to some preventive measures related to the infectious disease (the COVID‑19 related lockdown), which in turn was the mitigation measure to air pollution with positive public health effects. The confirmed positive effects of the improved air quality on public health could also include raising collective resistance to mass non-communicable and infectious diseases such as COVID‑19 and reducing economic costs. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2021;34(2):223-37.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33797546
pii: 132585
doi: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01784
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Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Particulate Matter
0
Sulfur Dioxide
0UZA3422Q4
Ozone
66H7ZZK23N
Nitrogen Dioxide
S7G510RUBH
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
223-237Informations de copyright
This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.