Exposure metrics for smoke waves from wildland fires and their associations with preterm birth in California
threshold was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.03 (1.02, 1.05). Metrics incorporating duration or frequency of smoke waves showed stronger associations with preterm birth than those focusing mainly on intensity.
Authors
- Nathan Pavlovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-3940)
- Rachel Morello-Frosch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-7287)
- Sally Picciotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5016-7541)
- Frederick Lurmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-4172)
- Elizabeth M. Noth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9159-6924)
- ShihMing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3137-5708)
- Amy M. Padula
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Sonoma Technology (United States) (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ee9.0000000000000470
- Primary Topic
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00