Wildfire particulate matter

Exposure

1 paper1 finding

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and 1 more
  • Humans1

Associations

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Dementia

upin humans1HR 1.05

1 study
  1. Wildfire particulate matter raises the risk of dementia in humans (HR 1.05, 95% CI 1.02-1.08).

    “wildfires (HR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02-1.08) were robustly associated with greater rates of dementia.”

    Humansafter control for PM2.5 from all other sources and copollutants

    Comparison of Particulate Air Pollution From Different Emission Sources and Incident Dementia in the US

    JAMA internal medicine1 Oct 2023

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