Peat bog wildfire smoke exposure in rural North Carolina is associated with cardiopulmonary emergency department visits assessed through syndromic surveillance

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1415-1420

  Rappold, Ana G ^a   Stone, Susan L ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^a   Neas, Lucas M ^a   Kilaru, Vasu J ^b   Carraway, Martha Sue ^a   Szykman, James J ^c   Ising, Amy ^d   Cleve, William E ^e   Meredith, John T ^f   Vaughan Batten, Heather ^g   Deyneka, Lana ^g   Devlin, Robert B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary health effects; Satellite data; Syndromic surveillance; Wildfire smoke exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SMOKE; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052628078     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003206     Document Type: Article

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