Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

H. Johnston, Fay; B. Henderson, Sarah; Chen, Yang; T. Randerson, James; E. Marlier, Miriam; DeFries, Ruth; L. Kinney, Patrick; M. J. S. Bowman, David; Bräuer, Michael

doi:10.1289/ehp.1104422

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Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

Published in Environmental Health Perspectives • Feb 18, 2012

Authors:

Fay H. Johnston

Sarah B. Henderson

Yang Chen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Forest, grass, and peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air quality. OBJECTIVE: We estimated the annual global mortality attributable to landscape fire smoke (LFS). METHODS: Daily and annual exposure to pa...

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Environmental science

Air quality index

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