Peat Bog Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Rural North Carolina Is Associated with Cardiopulmonary Emergency Department Visits Assessed through Syndromic Surveillance | Zendy

Ana G. Rappold | Zendy; Susan Stone | Zendy; Wayne E. Cascio | Zendy; Lucas Neas | Zendy; Vasu Kilaru | Zendy; Martha Sue Carraway | Zendy; J. Szykman | Zendy; Amy Ising | Zendy; William E. Cleve | Zendy; John T. Meredith | Zendy; Heather Vaughan-Batten | Zendy; Lana Deyneka | Zendy; Robert B. Devlin | Zendy

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Peat Bog Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Rural North Carolina Is Associated with Cardiopulmonary Emergency Department Visits Assessed through Syndromic Surveillance

Author(s) -

Ana G. Rappold,

Susan Stone,

Wayne E. Cascio,

Lucas Neas,

Vasu Kilaru,

Martha Sue Carraway,

J. Szykman,

Amy Ising,

William E. Cleve,

John T. Meredith,

Heather Vaughan-Batten,

Lana Deyneka,

Robert B. Devlin

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1003206

Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , emergency department , population , poisson regression , bronchitis , confidence interval , chronic bronchitis , environmental science , psychiatry

In June 2008, burning peat deposits produced haze and air pollution far in excess of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, encroaching on rural communities of eastern North Carolina. Although the association of mortality and morbidity with exposure to urban air pollution is well established, the health effects associated with exposure to wildfire emissions are less well understood.

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