Forecast-based interventions can reduce the health and economic burden of wildfires

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10571-10579

  Rappold, Ana G ^a   Fann, Neal L ^b   Crooks, James ^a   Huang, Jin ^c   Cascio, Wayne E ^a   Devlin, Robert B ^a   Diaz Sanchez, David ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Abt Assotes   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIRES; FORECASTING; SMOKE;

ADULT POPULATIONS; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FORECASTING METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; WILDFIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; NORTH CAROLINA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIRES; FORECASTING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKE;

EID: 84924788108     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5012725     Document Type: Article

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