ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2021
Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review.
Review in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
85 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Wildfire and Smoke Risk Communication: A Systematic Literature Review from a Health Equity Focus.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current environmental health reports · 2024Pooled it
- Characterizing the relationship between air pollution and childhood cognition in the Children's health and air pollution study.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Approach to wildfire-related health impacts.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Review
- Association between wildfire smoke exposure and pediatric emergency department visits for headache.Headache · 2026Article
- Narrative review of wildfire smoke interventions: considering the unique vulnerabilities of children and pregnant individuals.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Review
- Perspectives and Needs of Caregivers in Protecting Their Child With Asthma From Wildfire Smoke.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Article
- Current Issues Related to Combustion Byproducts & Human Health: A Summary of the 18th International PIC Congress.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Wildfire-Specific PMGeoHealth · 2026Article
- Public Health Impact of Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Analysis of Respiratory-Related Medicaid Claims in Wyoming.Cureus · 2026Article
- Effects of hydro-meteorological and geological disasters on vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and routine immunisation amongst children: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Association between wildfire smoke exposure and parents' adoption of protective behaviours: Exploring the role of objective and subjective smoke exposure.Environmental challenges (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Toward equitable environmental exposure modeling through convergence of data, open, and citizen sciences: an example of air pollution exposure modeling amidst increasing wildfire smoke.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Climate Change and Adolescent Girls' Sports: A Scoping Review and Framework-Based Exploration of Emerging Barriers and Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The state of wildfire and health research: emerging trends, challenges and gaps.International health · 2025Review
- Impact of global short-term landscape fire sourced PMNature communications · 2025Article
- Exposure to daily mean and maximum 1-hour PMEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Epidemiological and Clinical Evidence on the Association Between Wildfire PM2.5 and Pulmonary Health Outcomes.Cureus · 2025Review
25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and knowledge gaps in the health effects of wildfire smoke in children, as well as tools for public health response aimed at children, including consideration of low-cost sensor data, respirators, and exposures in school environments. There is an established literature of health effects in children from components of ambient air pollution, which are also present in wildfire smoke, and an emerging literature on the effects of wildfire smoke, particularly for respiratory outcomes. Low-cost particulate sensors demonstrate the spatial variability of pollution, including wildfire smoke, where children live and play. Surgical masks and respirators can provide limited protection for children during wildfire events, with expected decreases of roughly 20% and 80% for surgical masks and N95 respirators, respectively. Schools should improve filtration to reduce exposure of our nation's children to smoke during wildfire events. The evidence base described may help clinical and public health authorities provide accurate information to families to improve their decision making.
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