Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II
Our results showed a positive association between T2DM and long-term exposure to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>PM</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2.5</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>NO</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>, persisting even at levels below the current EPA NAAQS. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP15673.
Authors
- Emily Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-6289)
- Jeff D. Yanosky
- Rachel C. Nethery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9895-1477)
- Francine Laden
- Qi Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8480-1563)
- Joel D. Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-9037)
- Stephanie T. Grady (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-358X)
- Melissa Fiffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-5229)
- Jie Chen
- Peter James
- Jaime E. Hart
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp15673
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.60
Funders
- National Institutes of Health