ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2020
Particulate matter and emergency visits for asthma: a time-series study of their association in the presence and absence of wildfire smoke in Reno, Nevada, 2013-2018.
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- A Literature Review on the Impact of Wildfires on Emergency Departments: Enhancing Disaster Preparedness.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects of Smoke from Wildfires in the Western US on Urban Air Quality in Northern Nevada.Atmospheric pollution research · 2026Article
- Differential Health Impacts of Short-Term Particulate Matter Exposure in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Scoping Review.GeoHealth · 2026Review
- Wildfire and asthma - The prospective interventions.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025Review
- Influence of fire characteristics on the associations between smoke PMEnvironment international · 2025Article
- Fire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PMEnvironmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Particle size distributions of wildfire aerosols in the western USA.Environmental science: atmospheres · 2025Article
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- The Role of Neighborhood Air Pollution in Disparate Racial and Ethnic Asthma Acute Care Use.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
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- Extreme Weather Events and Asthma.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Asthma and landscape fire smoke: A Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2023Review
- The Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Asthma and Allergy.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2023Review
- Wildfire smoke exposure and emergency department visits in Washington State.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2023Article
- Effect modification of the association between fine particulate air pollution during a wildfire event and respiratory health by area-level measures of socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, and smoking prevalence.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2023Article
- Intra-Airway Treatment with Synthetic Lipoxin A4 and Resolvin E2 Mitigates Neonatal Asthma Triggered by Maternal Exposure to Environmental Particles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of wildfire smoke PM2.5 on indicators of inflammation, health, and metabolism of preweaned Holstein heifers.Journal of animal science · 2023Article
- 'Breathing Fire': Impact of Prolonged Bushfire Smoke Exposure in People with Severe Asthma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Observations of Delayed Changes in Respiratory Function among Allergy Clinic Patients Exposed to Wildfire Smoke.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Allergen Management in Children with Type 2-High Asthma.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundHealth risks due to particulate matter (PM) from wildfires may differ from risk due to PM from other sources. In places frequently subjected to wildfire smoke, such as Reno, Nevada, it is critical to determine whether wildfire PM poses unique risks. Our goal was to quantify the difference in the association of adverse asthma events with PM on days when wildfire smoke was present versus days when wildfire smoke was not present.
methodsWe obtained counts of visits for asthma at emergency departments and urgent care centers from a large regional healthcare system in Reno for the years 2013-2018. We also obtained dates when wildfire smoke was present from the Washoe County Health District Air Quality Management Division. We then examined whether the presence of wildfire smoke modified the association of PM
resultsAir quality was affected by wildfire smoke on 188 days between 2013 and 2018. We found that the presence of wildfire smoke increased the association of a 5 μg/m
conclusionsSince we found significantly stronger associations of PM
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