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1. Haze and health impacts in ASEAN countries: a systematic review

Author:
Logaraj Ramakreshnan; Nasrin Aghamohammadi; Chng Saun Fong; Awang Bulgiba; Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki; Li Ping Wong; Nik Meriam Sulaiman
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2096-2111
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
asthma; children; databases; elderly; emissions; epidemiological studies; human physiology; laboratory experimentation; mental health; models; morbidity; mortality; neoplasms; planning; pollutants; risk; systematic review; throat; time series analysis; toxicity; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Seasonal haze episodes and the associated inimical health impacts have become a regular crisis among the ASEAN countries. Even though many emerging experimental and epidemiological studies have documented the plausible health effects of the predominating toxic pollutants of haze, the consistency among the reported findings by these studies is poorly understood. By addressing such gap, this review ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0860-y

2. Wildland fire smoke and human health

Author:
Wayne E. Cascio
Source:
Science of the total environment 2018 v.624 pp. 586-595
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adverse effects; asthma; at-risk population; bronchitis; cardiovascular diseases; children; databases; elderly; emissions; environmental health; exposure models; fetus; fuels; health care workers; human development; human health; landscapes; morbidity; mortality; occupational health and safety; particulates; pneumonia; pregnant women; risk; risk management; smoke; smoke management; social factors; stakeholders; systematic review; wildfires; wildland-urban interface; United States
Abstract:
... The natural cycle of landscape fire maintains the ecological health of the land, yet adverse health effects associated with exposure to emissions from wildfire produce public health and clinical challenges. Systematic reviews conclude that a positive association exists between exposure to wildfire smoke or wildfire particulate matter (PM₂.₅) and all-cause mortality and respiratory morbidity. Respi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.086
PubMed:
29272827
PubMed Central:
PMC6697173