This review systematically gathers and provides an analysis of pollutants levels emitted from
wildfire (WF) and their impact on short-term health effects of affected populations. The …

Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Occupational exposure as a firefighter has recently been classified as a carcinogen to
humans by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Biomonitoring has been …

Forest fires are still a large concern in several countries due to the social, environmental and
economic damages caused. This paper aims to show the design and validation of a …

One of the most common forest disturbances, fire, has a significant influence on the people,
societies, economies, and environment of countries all over the world. This study explores …

Objective To analyse the GARD perspective on the health effects of outdoor air pollution,
and to synthesise the Portuguese epidemiological contribution to knowledge on its …

Wildfires have a strong negative effect on the environment, ecology and public health.
However, the potential degradation of mainstream global fire products leads to large …

In the European Mediterranean region, rural fires are a widely known problem that cause
serious socio-economic losses and undesirable environmental consequences, including the …

Governmental offices are still highly concerned with controlling the escalation of forest fires
due to their social, environmental and economic consequences. This paper presents new …

Portugal has been affected by wildland fires that destroy thousands of hectares of forest,
causing damage to the environment and to the exposed populations. This study aims to …