Quantifying wildfires exposure for investigating health-related effects

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-251

  Youssouf, H ^a,b   Liousse, C ^c   Roblou, L ^c   Assamoi, E M ^c   Salonen, R O ^d   Maesano, C ^a,b   Banerjee, S ^a,b   Annesi Maesano, I ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Exposure; Health effects; Inventory; Wildfire emissions; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH; SOURCE SEPARATION;

ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE; HEALTH EFFECTS; INVENTORY; WILDFIRES;

FIRES;

BLACK CARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WILDFIRE; EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; INVENTORY; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WILDERNESS;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84906058603     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.041     Document Type: Review

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