Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

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

doi:10.1289/ehp.1104422

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Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

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Authors:

Fay H. Johnston

Sarah B. Henderson

Yang Chen

Abstract

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 expos...

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