Health Impact Assessment of the 2020 Washington State Wildfire Smoke Episode: Excess Health Burden Attributable to Increased PM2.5 Exposures and Potential Exposure Reductions

Abstract Major wildfires starting in the summer of 2020 along the west coast of the United States made PM2.5 concentrations in this region rank among the highest in the world. Washington was impacted both by active wildfires in the state and aged wood smoke transported from fires in Oregon and Calif...

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Main Authors: Yisi Liu, Elena Austin, Jianbang Xiang, Tim Gould, Tim Larson, Edmund Seto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-05-01
Series:GeoHealth
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000359