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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148764
	Sandstorm and its effect on particulate matter PM 2.5, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone pollutants and SARS-CoV-2 cases and deaths
	Meo, Sultan Ayoub; Almutairi, Faris Jamal; Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan; Alessa, Omar Mohammed; Al-Khlaiwi, Thamir; Meo, Anusha Sultan
通讯作者	Meo, SA (corresponding author), King Saud Univ, Coll Med, Dept Physiol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
出版年	2021
卷号	795
英文摘要	Sandstorms are a natural metrological phenomenon, frequently occurring in many arid and semi-arid regions of the world. The sandstorm dust contains environmental pollutants, microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and viruses. These events are the primary sources of air pollution and its long-distance transport. Thus, sandstorms are becoming a greater concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this novel study aimed to investigate the effect of a sandstorm on environmental pollutants particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and day-to-day new cases and deaths due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On March 12, 2021, a sandstorm occurred in the Riyadh region, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The data on PM 2.5, CO, NO2, and O3 were recorded three weeks before and three weeks after the onset of the sandstorm, from February 20, 2021, to March 12, 2021, and from March 13 to April 2, 2021. The daily PM2.5, CO, NO2, and O3 levels were documented from the metrological websites, and Air Quality Index-AQI, COVID-19 daily cases, and deaths were obtained from Saudi Arabia's official coronavirus website. After sandstorm, the air pollutants, CO level increased by 84.25%; PM2.5: 76.71%; O3: 40.41%; NO2: 12.03%; and SARS-CoV-2 cases increased by 33.87%. However, the number of deaths decreased by 22.39%. The sandstorm event significantly increased the air pollutants, PM2.5, CO, and O3, which were temporally associated with increased SARS-COV-2 cases. However, no significant difference was noticed in NO2 and the number of deaths after the sandstorm. The findings have an important message to health authorities to timely provide information to the public about the sandstorm and its associated health problems, including SARSCoV-2 cases and deaths. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Sandstorm Environmental pollution COVID-19 Prevalence Mortality
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000696034800012
WOS关键词	DUST ; MICROORGANISMS ; TRANSPORT ; BACTERIA ; FUNGI
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/364580
作者单位	[Meo, Sultan Ayoub; Almutairi, Faris Jamal; Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan; Alessa, Omar Mohammed; Al-Khlaiwi, Thamir; Meo, Anusha Sultan] King Saud Univ, Coll Med, Dept Physiol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Meo, Sultan Ayoub,Almutairi, Faris Jamal,Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan,et al. Sandstorm and its effect on particulate matter PM 2.5, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone pollutants and SARS-CoV-2 cases and deaths[J]. King Saud University,2021,795.
APA	Meo, Sultan Ayoub,Almutairi, Faris Jamal,Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan,Alessa, Omar Mohammed,Al-Khlaiwi, Thamir,&Meo, Anusha Sultan.(2021).Sandstorm and its effect on particulate matter PM 2.5, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone pollutants and SARS-CoV-2 cases and deaths.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,795.
MLA	Meo, Sultan Ayoub,et al."Sandstorm and its effect on particulate matter PM 2.5, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone pollutants and SARS-CoV-2 cases and deaths".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 795(2021).