ReviewParticle and fibre toxicology2021
Cardiovascular health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure.
Review in Particle and fibre toxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
98 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A State of the Science Review of Wildfire-Specific Fine Particulate Matter Data Sources, Methods, and Models.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Pooled it
- Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure.Annual review of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter and incident stroke: a US nationwide study.European heart journal · 2026Article
- Burning issues: trends in newspaper coverage of wildfire events and health.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- The effect of wildfire air pollution on local hospital admissions in New York.Environmental research communications · 2026Article
- Approach to wildfire-related health impacts.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Review
- Walking speed and physiological responses of the elderly in smoke-filled stairwells an experimental study.iScience · 2026Article
- Wildland-Urban Interface Fires: Toxic Physicochemical Properties of Emitted Particulate Matter and Impacts on Lung Macrophages.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Multiyear wildfire smoke exposure (MultiWiSE) metrics: a data-driven approach to characterizing episodic PMJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Field Evaluation of Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Solutions for Evaporative Coolers to Reduce Ambient Particle Infiltration in Homes in Wildfire-Affected Communities.ACS ES&T air · 2026Article
- Temporal variation in markers of immune signaling and wound repair in primary human airway epithelial cells following acute versus repeated woodsmoke condensate exposure.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026Article
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- Laboratory Analysis of VOC Emissions from Structural Materials in Wildland-Urban Interface Fires.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Associations between wildfire smoke exposure and health-related quality of life: findings from the Lovelace Smokers Cohort.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- Particulate exposure during spermatogenesis is associated with adverse bull reproductive fitness in a wildfire impacted area.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Sleep disruption from inhalation of biomass smoke: a basis for coincident hypertension?Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Article
- Effects of Multiple Wildfire Smoke Pollutants (PMGeoHealth · 2025Article
- Diminished lung function mediating the associations between blood levels of volatile organic compounds and respiratory morbidity and mortality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of global short-term landscape fire sourced PMNature communications · 2025Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors.
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Abstract
In recent years, wildland fires have occurred more frequently and with increased intensity in many fire-prone areas. In addition to the direct life and economic losses attributable to wildfires, the emitted smoke is a major contributor to ambient air pollution, leading to significant public health impacts. Wildfire smoke is a complex mixture of particulate matter (PM), gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds. PM from wildfire smoke has a high content of elemental carbon and organic carbon, with lesser amounts of metal compounds. Epidemiological studies have consistently found an association between exposure to wildfire smoke (typically monitored as the PM concentration) and increased respiratory morbidity and mortality. However, previous reviews of the health effects of wildfire smoke exposure have not established a conclusive link between wildfire smoke exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects. In this review, we systematically evaluate published epidemiological observations, controlled clinical exposure studies, and toxicological studies focusing on evidence of wildfire smoke exposure and cardiovascular effects, and identify knowledge gaps. Improving exposure assessment and identifying sensitive cardiovascular endpoints will serve to better understand the association between exposure to wildfire smoke and cardiovascular effects and the mechanisms involved. Similarly, filling the knowledge gaps identified in this review will better define adverse cardiovascular health effects of exposure to wildfire smoke, thus informing risk assessments and potentially leading to the development of targeted interventional strategies to mitigate the health impacts of wildfire smoke.
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