2017
Who Among the Elderly Is Most Vulnerable to Exposure to and Health Risks of Fine Particulate Matter From Wildfire Smoke?
Liu JC, Wilson A, Mickley LJ, Ebisu K, Sulprizio MP, Wang Y, Peng RD, Yue X, Dominici F, Bell ML. Who Among the Elderly Is Most Vulnerable to Exposure to and Health Risks of Fine Particulate Matter From Wildfire Smoke? American Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 186: 730-735. PMID: 28525551, PMCID: PMC5860049, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory admissionsYears of agePublic health programsHealth risksHospital admissionRespiratory causesFine particulate matterHealth programsAdmissionVulnerable subpopulationsRiskSubpopulationsUrban countiesSmoke wavesWomenWildfire smokeUnited StatesSmokeAssociationExposureDaysDisaster preparednessElderlyDrought and the risk of hospital admissions and mortality in older adults in western USA from 2000 to 2013: a retrospective study
Berman JD, Ebisu K, Peng RD, Dominici F, Bell ML. Drought and the risk of hospital admissions and mortality in older adults in western USA from 2000 to 2013: a retrospective study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2017, 1: e17-e25. PMID: 29057392, PMCID: PMC5646697, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30002-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Future respiratory hospital admissions from wildfire smoke under climate change in the Western US
Liu J, Mickley L, Sulprizio M, Yue X, Peng R, Dominici F, Bell M. Future respiratory hospital admissions from wildfire smoke under climate change in the Western US. Environmental Research Letters 2016, 11: 124018. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClimate changeWestern USWildfire smokeRespiratory hospital admissionsClimate change scenariosA1B climate change scenarioHospital admissionClimate change adaptation policiesFuture population projectionsWildfire impactsChange scenariosChange adaptation policiesSmoke daysSuppression costsRespiratory admissionsWildfiresPresent-day estimatesFuture increasesMore air pollutantsSpatial distributionCentral ColoradoHealth risksScientific evidenceSerious social burdenSouthern California