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The Impacts of Prescribed Fire on PM(2.5) Air Quality and Human Health: Application to Asthma-Related Emergency Room Visits in Georgia, USA

Short-term exposure to fire smoke, especially particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM(2.5)), is associated with adverse health effects. In order to quantify the impact of prescribed burning on human health, a general health impact function was used with exposure fields o...

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Autores principales: Huang, Ran, Hu, Yongtao, Russell, Armistead G., Mulholland, James A., Odman, M. Talat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31261860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132312