Wildland fire smoke and human health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 624, Issue , 2018, Pages 586-595

  Cascio, Wayne E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health effects; Particulate matter, PM2.5; Smoke; Wildfire emissions

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; FIRES; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FIRE SMOKE; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER, PM2.5; PM 2.5; RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY; WILDFIRE EMISSION; WILDFIRE SMOKE; WILDLAND FIRE;

SMOKE;

DRINKING WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; WILDFIRE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIRE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RIVER; SMOKE; SOCIAL STATUS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY; WELLBEING; WILDFIRE; WILDLAND FIRE SMOKE; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; WILDFIRES;

EID: 85038889365     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.086     Document Type: Article

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