Open AccessCritical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure
Author(s) -
Colleen E. Reid,
Michael Bräuer,
Fay H. Johnston,
Michael Jerrett,
John R. Balmes,
Catherine T. Elliott
Publication year - 2016
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.1409277
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , smoke , population , asthma , smoke inhalation , epidemiology , geography , pathology , meteorology
Wildfire activity is predicted to increase in many parts of the world due to changes in temperature and precipitation patterns from global climate change. Wildfire smoke contains numerous hazardous air pollutants and many studies have documented population health effects from this exposure.
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