Canadian Wildfire Smoke and Asthma Syndrome Emergency Department Visits in New York City

Kai Chen; Yiqun Ma; Michelle L Bell; Wan Yang

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18768

Canadian Wildfire Smoke and Asthma Syndrome Emergency Department Visits in New York City

JAMA. 2023 Oct 10;330(14):1385-1387. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.18768.

Authors

Kai Chen¹, Yiqun Ma¹, Michelle L Bell², Wan Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
² School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study examines the association between the Canadian wildfires that occurred in summer 2023 with emergency department visits for asthma symptoms in New York City.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants / adverse effects
Air Pollutants / analysis
Asthma* / epidemiology
Asthma* / etiology
Canada
Emergency Room Visits* / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
Environmental Exposure / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Inhalation Exposure* / adverse effects
Inhalation Exposure* / statistics & numerical data
New York City / epidemiology
Particulate Matter / adverse effects
Particulate Matter / analysis
Smoke* / adverse effects
Smoke* / analysis
Wildfires*

Substances

Air Pollutants
Particulate Matter
Smoke

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States