Wildfire-related PM2.5 and respiratory transmitted disease among Chinese children and adolescents from 2008 to 2019: A retrospective study
Short-term exposure to wildfire-related PM2.5 was associated with increased incidence of respiratory transmitted diseases, surpassing the impact observed with non-wildfire-related PM2.5. This phenomenon is not restricted to regions with high pollutant concentrations; even populations residing in areas with lower concentrations of wildfire-related PM2.5 are at an increased risk of these respiratory conditions. Consequently, there emerges a pressing global imperative to confront the escalating challenges presented by climate change and the intensifying menace of wildfires.
Authors
- Xinli Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4941-5552)
- Jianuo Jiang
- Junqing Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0040-0042)
- Bo Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8379-1730)
- Yi Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-6781)
- Binbin Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1814-024X)
- Tongjun Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3887-186X)
- Rongbin Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-8614)
- Xiang Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-5838)
- Qin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1091-2954)
- Shanshan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9021-8470)
- Li Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8607-8997)
- Yuming Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1766-6592)
- Yinghua Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-7438)
- Jun Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-1808)
- Jieyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-1191)
- Yi Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4076-2945)
- Yanhui Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2519-3200)
- Wen Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5462-6672)
- RuoLin Wang
- Mengjie Geng
- Yao Wu
- Yi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-4724)
Institutions
- UNESCO (FR)
- Office for National Statistics (GB)
- Chongqing University (CN)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Chongqing Emergency Medical Center (CN)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004613
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00