ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2012
Cardio-respiratory outcomes associated with exposure to wildfire smoke are modified by measures of community health.
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- A systematic review of the physical health impacts from non-occupational exposure to wildfire smoke.Environmental research · 2015Pooled it
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- Applying a two-stage generalized synthetic control approach to quantify the heterogeneous health effects of extreme weather events: A 2018 large wildfire in California event as a case study.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- A scoping review of the impact of extreme weather events on health outcomes and healthcare utilization in rural and remote areas.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Impacts of wildfire-season air quality on park and playground visitation in the Northwest United States.Ecological economics : the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics · 2024Article
- Depleted Housing Elicits Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction After a Single Flaming Eucalyptus Wildfire Smoke Exposure in a Sex-Specific Manner in ApoE Knockout Mice.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2024Article
- Enriched housing differentially alters allostatic load and cardiopulmonary responses to wildfire-related smoke in male and female mice.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A · 2024Article
- The effect of enriched versus depleted housing on eucalyptus smoke-induced cardiovascular dysfunction in mice.Inhalation toxicology · 2024Article
- Impact of Wildfires on Cardiovascular Health.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Depleted housing elicits cardiopulmonary dysfunction after a single flaming eucalyptus wildfire smoke exposure in a sex-specific manner in ApoE knockout mice.Research square · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCharacterizing factors which determine susceptibility to air pollution is an important step in understanding the distribution of risk in a population and is critical for setting appropriate policies. We evaluate general and specific measures of community health as modifiers of risk for asthma and congestive heart failure following an episode of acute exposure to wildfire smoke.
methodsA population-based study of emergency department visits and daily concentrations of fine particulate matter during a wildfire in North Carolina was performed. Determinants of community health defined by County Health Rankings were evaluated as modifiers of the relative risk. A total of 40 mostly rural counties were included in the study. These rankings measure factors influencing health: health behaviors, access and quality of clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment, as well as, the outcomes of health: premature mortality and morbidity. Pollutant concentrations were obtained from a mathematically modeled smoke forecasting system. Estimates of relative risk for emergency department visits were based on Poisson mixed effects regression models applied to daily visit counts.
resultsFor asthma, the strongest association was observed at lag day 0 with excess relative risk of 66% (28,117). For congestive heart failure the excess relative risk was 42% (5,93). The largest difference in risk was observed after stratifying on the basis of Socio-Economic Factors. Difference in risk between bottom and top ranked counties by Socio-Economic Factors was 85% and 124% for asthma and congestive heart failure respectively.
conclusionsThe results indicate that Socio-Economic Factors should be considered as modifying risk factors in air pollution studies and be evaluated in the assessment of air pollution impacts.
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