ReviewEnvironmental toxicology and pharmacology2017
Wildfire smoke exposure and human health: Significant gaps in research for a growing public health issue.
Review in Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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125 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A State of the Science Review of Wildfire-Specific Fine Particulate Matter Data Sources, Methods, and Models.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Pooled it
- Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure.Annual review of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Fire Smoke Exposure on Firefighters' Lung Function: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Assessing the Risk of Respiratory-Related Healthcare Visits Associated with Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Children 0-18 Years Old: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis of Heterogeneity in the Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Respiratory Health in North America.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Cardiopulmonary and Immune Effects of Environmental Particulate Exposures.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Wildfire smoke PMCancer epidemiology · 2026Article
- The effects of maternal wildfire exposure: a 28-year longitudinal study of Chile wildfires and neonatal outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Acute wood smoke exposure is associated with cell-specific hippocampal transcriptomic responses in an accelerated ovarian failure mouse model.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Assessing the Evidence for Differential Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Across Fires and Populations: A Critical Review of Recent Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- A Comparative Analysis of Wildland Fire Smoke PMGeoHealth · 2026Article
- Comparison of Volatile Organic Compounds in Wildfire Smoke on a Dairy Farm and Nearby Cities.Atmospheric pollution research · 2026Article
- Temporal variation in markers of immune signaling and wound repair in primary human airway epithelial cells following acute versus repeated woodsmoke condensate exposure.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026Article
- Climate Change and the Impact On Interstitial Lung Diseases.Pulmonary therapy · 2026Review
- Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Respiratory Disease Associated Healthcare Utilization in Gang-Won Province, South Korea, in 2017.GeoHealth · 2026Article
- Impact of Wildland Fire Smoke PMEnvironmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Monitoring Public Health During the 2023 Maui Wildfire Using Google Search Trends.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2026Article
- Perfect storm: a scoping review of interventions and preparedness strategies at the intersections of climate change, migrant worker health and health systems.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Pathogens on fire: a scoping review of smoke-borne pathogen ecology in the One Health framework.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Effects of Multiple Wildfire Smoke Pollutants (PMGeoHealth · 2025Article
65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Understanding the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on human health represents a unique interdisciplinary challenge to the scientific community. Population health studies indicate that wildfire smoke is a risk to human health and increases the healthcare burden of smoke-impacted areas. However, wildfire smoke composition is complex and dynamic, making characterization and modeling difficult. Furthermore, current efforts to study the effect of wildfire smoke are limited by availability of air quality measures and inconsistent air quality reporting among researchers. To help address these issues, we conducted a substantive review of wildfire smoke effects on population health, wildfire smoke exposure in occupational health, and experimental wood smoke exposure. Our goal was to evaluate the current literature on wildfire smoke and highlight important gaps in research. In particular we emphasize long-term health effects of wildfire smoke, recovery following wildfire smoke exposure, and health consequences of exposure in children.
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