Short-Term Exposure to Wildfire-Specific PM2.5 and Hospitalization for Diabetes Morbidity: A Study in Multiple Countries and Territories.
Yiwen ZhangRongbin XuWenzhong HuangLidia MorawskaFay H JohnstonMichael AbramsonLuke KnibbsPatricia MatusTingting YeWenhua YuSimon HalesGeoffrey MorganZhengyu YangYanming LiuKe JuPei YuEric LavigneYao WuBo WenJane HeyworthGuy MarksPaulo H N SaldivaMicheline S Z S CoelhoYue-Liang Leon GuoJiangning SongYuming GuoShanshan LiPublished in: Diabetes care (2024)
We show the relatively underappreciated links between diabetes and wildfire air pollution, which can lead to a nonnegligible proportion of PM2.5-related diabetes hospitalizations. Precision prevention and mitigation should be developed for those in advantaged communities and in Thailand, Australia, and Brazil.