A National Study on the Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Cause-Specific Hospitalizations Among Medicare Enrollees with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias from 2006 to 2016

Older adults may experience worse wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5) smoke-related health effects due to conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs). We evaluated whether wildfire PM2.5 was associated with acute hospitalizations among older adults with ADRD, linking mo...

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Published in:	Fire (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 97
Main Authors:	Do, Vivian, McBrien, Heather, Teigen, Katharine, Childs, Marissa L., Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi-Anna, Casey, Joan A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2025
Subjects:	ADRD Adults Age Air pollution Alzheimer's disease Analysis Anxiety Chronic illnesses Dementia Disease Emergency medical services Environmental aspects Health aspects Hospital care Hospitalization Humidity Identification methods Indoor air quality Medicare Mental depression Neurodegenerative diseases older adults Older people Outdoor air quality Particulate matter Population Postal codes Poverty Public health Smoke Temperature VOCs Volatile organic compounds wildfire wildfire smoke Wildfires United States United States > US
ISSN:	2571-6255, 2571-6255
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