Extreme weather and climate change: population health and health system implications

KL Ebi, J Vanos, JW Baldwin, JE Bell… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are an
expression of climate variability. These events and events influenced by climate change …

Association of air pollution and heat exposure with preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth in the US: a systematic review

B Bekkar, S Pacheco, R Basu, N DeNicola - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Knowledge of whether serious adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated
with increasingly widespread effects of climate change in the US would be crucial for the …

Health effects of wildfire smoke exposure

CF Gould, S Heft-Neal, M Johnson… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We review current knowledge on the trends and drivers of global wildfire activity, advances
in the measurement of wildfire smoke exposure, and evidence on the health effects of this …

Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States

DA Jaffe, SM O'Neill, NK Larkin, AL Holder… - Journal of the Air & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Air quality impacts from wildfires have been dramatic in recent years, with millions of people
exposed to elevated and sometimes hazardous fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) …

Wildland fire smoke and human health

WE Cascio - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The natural cycle of landscape fire maintains the ecological health of the land, yet adverse
health effects associated with exposure to emissions from wildfire produce public health and …

Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

SM Holm, MD Miller, JR Balmes - Journal of exposure science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly
vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved …

Critical review of health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure

CE Reid, M Brauer, FH Johnston… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Wildfire activity is predicted to increase in many parts of the world due to
changes in temperature and precipitation patterns from global climate change. Wildfire …

Long-term field evaluation of the Plantower PMS low-cost particulate matter sensors

T Sayahi, A Butterfield, KE Kelly - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
The low-cost and compact size of light-scattering-based particulate matter (PM) sensors
provide an opportunity for improved spatiotemporally resolved PM measurements. However …

Associations between wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth in California

S Heft-Neal, A Driscoll, W Yang, G Shaw… - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
There is limited population-scale evidence on the burden of exposure to wildfire smoke
during pregnancy and its impacts on birth outcomes. In order to investigate this relationship …

A systematic review of the physical health impacts from non-occupational exposure to wildfire smoke

JC Liu, G Pereira, SA Uhl, MA Bravo, ML Bell - Environmental research, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Climate change is likely to increase the threat of wildfires, and little is known
about how wildfires affect health in exposed communities. A better understanding of the …