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ArticleNature2023

The contribution of wildfire to PM

Marshall Burke, Marissa L Childs, Brandon de la Cuesta, Minghao Qiu, Jessica Li, Carlos F Gould, Sam Heft-Neal, Michael Wara

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

125 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Wildfire and Smoke Risk Communication: A Systematic Literature Review from a Health Equity Focus.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors.

Marshall Burke *Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. mburke@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4288-5858
Marissa L Childs *Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Brandon de la CuestaCenter on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Minghao QiuDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5224-570X
Jessica LiCenter on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4542-853X
Carlos F GouldDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7736-3905
Sam Heft-NealCenter on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9129-2365
Michael WaraDoerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the USA over the past several decades, in part a result of public policy

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionParticulate MatterWildfiresEnvironmental PolicyGlobal WarmingHumansSmokeUnited StatesAir PollutantsParticulate MatterSmoke

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