Three measures of forest fire smoke exposure and their associations with respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes in a population-based cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1266-1271

  Henderson, Sarah B ^a   Brauer, Michael ^a   MacNab, Ying C ^a   Kennedy, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass smoke; Cohort study; Exposure assessment; Particulate matter; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FIRE; FOREST; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING MICROBALANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIRES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OFFICE VISITS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052306971     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002288     Document Type: Article

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