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Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires
Environmental Health Perspectives · 2012 · Vol. 120(5) · pp. 695–701
Fay H. Johnston✉(University of Tasmania)Sarah B. Henderson(University of Tasmania)Yang Chen(University of California, Irvine)James T. Randerson(University of California, Irvine)Miriam E. Marlier(Environmental Earth Sciences)Ruth DeFries(Ecologie & Evolution)Patrick L. Kinney(Columbia University)David M. J. S. Bowman(University of Tasmania)Michael Bräuer(University of British Columbia)
Abstract
Fire emissions are an important contributor to global mortality. Adverse health outcomes associated with LFS could be substantially reduced by curtailing burning of tropical rainforests, which rarely burn naturally. The large estimated influence of El Niño suggests a relationship between climate and the burden of mortality attributable to LFS.
Fire effects on ecosystemsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAir Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental scienceAir quality indexParticulatesAerodynamic diameterInterquartile rangeMortality rateAtmospheric sciencesEnvironmental healthDemographyAerosol
MeSH terms
Air PollutantsEnvironmental ExposureFiresHumansMortalityParticle SizeSmokeGlobal Health
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