Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change
Abstract The global health burden from wildfire smoke is expected to worsen under climate change, yet we lack quantitative estimates of the economic costs of increased mortality and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. Using a quantitative wildfire risk assessment frame...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-07-01
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Series: | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00432-0 |