2024
Aged and Obscured Wildfire Smoke Associated with Downwind Health Risks
Joo T, Rogers M, Soong C, Hass-Mitchell T, Heo S, Bell M, Ng N, Gentner D. Aged and Obscured Wildfire Smoke Associated with Downwind Health Risks. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildfire smokeSmoke episodeHealth risksWildfire smoke episodeHealth risk assessmentAerosol Chemical Speciation MonitorAerosol mass spectrometryPM2.5 contributionsPotential health effectsSource apportionmentWildfire impactsWildfire activityPM2.5 measurementsPM2.5 monitoringDays of transportParticulate matterPM2.5Air pollutionSpeciation monitorElevated health risksContinental influencePeak episodesSmoke transportClimate changeChemical agingAll-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality and wildfire-related ozone: a multicountry two-stage time series analysis
Chen G, Guo Y, Yue X, Xu R, Yu W, Ye T, Tong S, Gasparrini A, Bell M, Armstrong B, Schwartz J, Jaakkola J, Lavigne E, Saldiva P, Kan H, Royé D, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Tobias A, Forsberg B, Sera F, Lei Y, Abramson M, Li S, Network M, Abrutzky R, Alahmad B, Ameling C, Åström C, Breitner S, Carrasco-Escobar G, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho M, Colistro V, Correa P, Dang T, de'Donato F, Van Dung, Entezari A, Garcia S, Garland R, Goodman P, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Holobaca I, Honda Y, Houthuijs D, Hurtado-Díaz M, Íñiguez C, Katsouyanni K, Kim H, Kyselý J, Lee W, Maasikmets M, Madureira J, Mayvaneh F, Nunes B, Orru H, Ortega N, Overcenco A, Pan S, Pascal M, Ragettli M, Rao S, Ryti N, Samoli E, Schneider A, Scovronick N, Seposo X, Stafoggia M, De la Cruz Valencia C, Zanobetti A, Zeka A. All-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality and wildfire-related ozone: a multicountry two-stage time series analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e452-e462. PMID: 38969473, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00117-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory mortalityImpact of wildfiresDaily respiratory mortalityDaily cardiovascular mortalityTwo-stage time-series analysisChemical transport modelWildfire activityDaily mortality ratesDaily concentrationsDaily mortalityStudy locationRespiratory deathsWildfireManagement strategiesSource of tropospheric ozoneTransport modelTropospheric ozoneGlobal levelLocation levelMulti-cityRegional levelMortality fractionsEffective riskSouth AmericaCentral America
2016
Particulate air pollution from wildfires in the Western US under climate change
Liu JC, Mickley LJ, Sulprizio MP, Dominici F, Yue X, Ebisu K, Anderson GB, Khan RFA, Bravo MA, Bell ML. Particulate air pollution from wildfires in the Western US under climate change. Climatic Change 2016, 138: 655-666. PMID: 28642628, PMCID: PMC5476308, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1762-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClimate changeSmoke wavesAir pollutionFire management strategiesThreat of wildfireFuture climate changeHuman healthWildfire activityWildfire managementWestern OregonFire prediction modelWestern USWildfiresFire seasonGreat PlainsWarming climateHigh air pollutionPollution eventsGlobal chemical transport modelPotential health impactsManagement strategiesGreenhouse gasesPollutionFuture estimatesPotential impact