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ArticleGeoHealth2021

Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the United States: Not Just a Western US Problem.

Katelyn O'Dell, Kelsey Bilsback, Bonne Ford, Sheena E Martenies, Sheryl Magzamen, Emily V Fischer, Jeffrey R Pierce

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Article in GeoHealth, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure.Annual review of medicine · 2024
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  19. Aged and Obscured Wildfire Smoke Associated with Downwind Health Risks.Environmental science & technology letters · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katelyn O'DellDepartment of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-6153
Kelsey BilsbackDepartment of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.
Bonne FordDepartment of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-8346
Sheena E MarteniesDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA.
Sheryl MagzamenDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2874-3530
Emily V FischerDepartment of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8298-3669
Jeffrey R PierceDepartment of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-838X
Colorado State University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As anthropogenic emissions continue to decline and emissions from landscape (wild, prescribed, and agricultural) fires increase across the coming century, the relative importance of landscape-fire smoke on air quality and health in the United States (US) will increase. Landscape fires are a large source of fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

air qualityhazardous air pollutantshealth impact assessmentPM2.5wildfire smoke

Identifiers

PMID34504989
PMCPMC8420710
OpenAlexW3193660952

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Registered trials

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