What question did this study set out to answer?

To assess the impact of air pollution and COVID-19 on premature mortality in Türkiye from 2019 to 2023.

January 22, 2026Open Access

Air Pollution, COVID-19–Related Air-Quality Changes, and Premature Mortality in Türkiye (2019–2023)

Puntos clave

To assess the impact of air pollution and COVID-19 on premature mortality in Türkiye from 2019 to 2023.
Analysis of air quality data during the COVID-19 pandemic
Assessment of PM2.5-related mortality rates
Region-specific strategy recommendations
Identified high levels of PM2.5 associated with increased mortality
Noted significant air-quality changes due to COVID-19 lockdowns
Highlighted gaps in monitoring that limit risk assessments

Resumen

Air pollution remains a major public health challenge in Türkiye. Sustained, region-specific strategies are needed to reduce the burden of PM2.5-related mortality. Inadequate monitoring coverage continues to limit precision in exposure and risk assessment.

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Discussion

Authors

Didem Han Yekdeş

Ali Cem Yekdeş

Journals

Thoracic research and practice

Actions

Institutions

Trakya University

Directorate of Health

References and Citations

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Air Pollution, COVID-19–Related Air-Quality Changes, and Premature Mortality in Türkiye (2019–2023)

Puntos clave

Resumen

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Authors

Journals

Actions

Institutions

References and Citations

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Cite this study

Also consider