Polluted Air from Canadian Wildfires and Cardiopulmonary Disease in the Eastern US
In this case-only study of a large medical system, we identified an increased cardiopulmonary disease burden for residents of Maryland that was likely associated with contemporaneous wildfire smoke-based infiltration of polluted or toxic air originating from Western Canada up to 2100 miles remotely.
Authors
- Zafar Zafarí (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-4949)
- Bradley A. Maron
- Anup Mahurkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-2296)
- Michael J. Jurczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6335-6915)
- Victor Felix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7825-6418)
- Abba B. Gumel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-1248)
- Hyeonjin Song
- Mary Maldarelli
- Carmen Reilly
- Jonathan Crabtree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-7025)
- Binod Pant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8619-1861)
- Evan Ellicott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-8604)
- M. Situt
- Clayton H. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0748-4509)
- Amir Sapkota
- W DˈSouza
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- University of Maryland Medical System (US)
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.50759
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52
Funders
- National Institutes of Health