Health impacts of a short-lived, small-scale wildfire in South Korea
Excess respiratory and cardiovascular disease-related hospital visits were observed among residents living near the wildfire site. Even a small-scale wildfire may have health impacts on residents for >2 months.
Authors
- Jaiyong Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-7871)
- Changwoo Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-4680)
- Hoyeon Jang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5446-7752)
- Yeseul Yun
- Tarik Benmarhnia
Institutions
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- Inserm (FR)
- Chungnam National University (KR)
- Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail (FR)
- Space Micro (United States) (US)
- National Health Insurance Service (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyag017
- Primary Topic
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00