Health impacts of wildfires

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Finlay, Sarah Elise ^a   Moffat, Andrew ^b   Gazzard, Rob ^c   Baker, David ^a   Murray, Virginia ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Forest Research   (United Kingdom)

^c South East England Wildfire Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; TOXIN; TOXIC GAS;

BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST STRUCTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLLUTION; RISK; WILDLIFE;

EID: 84871195885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/4f959951cce2c     Document Type: Review

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