Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
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Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil : a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018. / Requia, Weeberb J.; Amini, Heresh; Mukherjee, Rajarshi; Gold, Diane R.; Schwartz, Joel D.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, 6555, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil
T2 - a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
AU - Requia, Weeberb J.
AU - Amini, Heresh
AU - Mukherjee, Rajarshi
AU - Gold, Diane R.
AU - Schwartz, Joel D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We quantified the impacts of wildfire-related PM2.5 on 2 million hospital admissions records due to cardiorespiratory diseases in Brazil between 2008 and 2018. The national analysis shows that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% (95%CI: 12%–33%) in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% (95%CI: 8%–35%) in circulatory hospital admissions. In the North (where most of the Amazon region is located), we estimate an increase of 38% (95%CI: 30%–47%) in respiratory hospital admissions and 27% (95%CI: 15%–39%) in circulatory hospital admissions. Here we report epidemiological evidence that air pollution emitted by wildfires is significantly associated with a higher risk of cardiorespiratory hospital admissions.
AB - We quantified the impacts of wildfire-related PM2.5 on 2 million hospital admissions records due to cardiorespiratory diseases in Brazil between 2008 and 2018. The national analysis shows that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% (95%CI: 12%–33%) in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% (95%CI: 8%–35%) in circulatory hospital admissions. In the North (where most of the Amazon region is located), we estimate an increase of 38% (95%CI: 30%–47%) in respiratory hospital admissions and 27% (95%CI: 15%–39%) in circulatory hospital admissions. Here we report epidemiological evidence that air pollution emitted by wildfires is significantly associated with a higher risk of cardiorespiratory hospital admissions.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-021-26822-7
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-26822-7
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34772927
AN - SCOPUS:85118978790
VL - 12
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 6555
ER -
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