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Association between temperature changes and uveitis onset in mainland China.

Handan TanSu PanZhenyu ZhongJing ShiWeiting LiaoGuannan SuAize KijlstraPeizeng Yang
Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2020)
Our study is the largest-ever investigation of the association between uveitis and climate and, for the first time, provides evidence that rising temperature can affect large-scale uveitis onset. These results may help promote and implement policies to mitigate future temperature increases and the burden of disease caused by global warming.
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