Connections between air pollution, climate change, and cardiovascular health

B Alahmad, H Khraishah, K Althalji, W Borchert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Climate change and public health in California: A structured review of exposures, vulnerable populations, and adaptation measures

M Jerrett, R Connolly, DA Garcia-Gonzales… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
California faces several serious direct and indirect climate exposures that can adversely
affect public health, some of which are already occurring. The public health burden now and …

Comparison of particulate air pollution from different emission sources and incident dementia in the US

B Zhang, J Weuve, KM Langa, J D'Souza… - JAMA Internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Emerging evidence indicates that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air
pollution may increase dementia risk in older adults. Although this evidence suggests …

Emergency department visits respond nonlinearly to wildfire smoke

S Heft-Neal, CF Gould, ML Childs… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Air pollution negatively affects a range of health outcomes. Wildfire smoke is an increasingly
important contributor to air pollution, yet wildfire smoke events are highly salient and could …

NPCC4: Climate change and New York City's health risk

T Matte, K Lane, JF Tipaldo, J Barnes, K Knowlton… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter of the New York City Panel on Climate Change 4 (NPCC4) report considers
climate health risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies in New York City's unique …

Social vulnerability in US communities affected by wildfire smoke, 2011 to 2021

J Vargo, B Lappe, MC Mirabelli… - American journal of …, 2023 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To describe demographic and social characteristics of US communities exposed
to wildfire smoke. Methods. Using satellite-collected data on wildfire smoke with the …

Climate Change, Landscape Fires, and Human Health: A Global Perspective

FH Johnston, G Williamson… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Landscape fires are an integral component of the Earth system and a feature of prehistoric,
subsistence, and industrial economies. Specific spatiotemporal patterns of landscape fire …

[HTML][HTML] Asthma-associated emergency department visits during the Canadian wildfire smoke episodes—United States, April–August 2023

CE McArdle - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 - cdc.gov
Abstract During April 30–August 4, 2023, smoke originating from wildfires in Canada
affected most of the contiguous United States. CDC used National Syndromic Surveillance …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between short-term exposure to wildfire particulate matter and respiratory outcomes: A systematic review

A Jiao, K Headon, T Han, W Umer, J Wu - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The frequency and severity of wildfires have been sharply increasing due to
climate change, which largely contributes to ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution. We …

Climate change impacts on respiratory health: exposure, vulnerability, and risk

HH Covert, F Abdoel Wahid, SE Wenzel… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Anthropogenic climate change adversely impacts human health. In this perspective, we
examine the impact of climate change on respiratory health risk. We describe five respiratory …