Fire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PM2.5 Concentration and Mortality Burden in the Contiguous U.S. and Southern Canada
Jin Z, Ferrada G, Zhang D, Scovronick N, Fu J, Chen K, Liu Y. Fire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PM2.5 Concentration and Mortality Burden in the Contiguous U.S. and Southern Canada. Environmental Science And Technology 2025, 59: 12196-12210. PMID: 40504638, PMCID: PMC12199464, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildland fire smokeElemental carbonOrganic carbonContiguous U.S.Fire smokeSouthern CanadaImpact of fine particulate matterFine particulate matterBackground air qualityHealth impactsNon-accidental deathsPrescribed firePM2.5 concentrationsWildfire seasonFuture health burdenParticulate matterAir qualityWildlandMonetized damagesSouthwestern CanadaMonthly scaleFireModel resultsWildfireCanadaFloods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach
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