id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-333417-edc509xr Bontempi, Elza Commercial exchanges instead of air pollution as possible origin of COVID-19 initial diffusion phase in Italy: more efforts are necessary to address interdisciplinary research 2020-06-13 .txt text/plain 1612 92 42 title: Commercial exchanges instead of air pollution as possible origin of COVID-19 initial diffusion phase in Italy: more efforts are necessary to address interdisciplinary research In particular, due to several episodes of air pollution observed in the past in China (Wang 30 et al., 2012) and in Northern Italy, especially in the Po valley (Perrino C et al., 2014) , a 31 correlation between airborne particulate matter (PM) concentration and the reported 32 infection cases was proposed by a position paper (Position paper). Based on this work, 33 several newspapers and some research articles (Frontera et al., 2020) , (Sterpetti, 2020) 34 were published reporting the possibility that airborne PM acts as a carrier in COVID-19 35 diffusion (pollution-to human transmission). First data analysis about possible COVID-19 virus airborne diffusion due to 220 air particulate matter (PM): the case of Lombardy (Italy) Environmental Research (2020) 221 186, 109639 ./cache/cord-333417-edc509xr.txt ./txt/cord-333417-edc509xr.txt