Spatial assessment of forest fire smoke exposure and its health impacts in Southeastern British Columbia during the summer of 2003
Forest fires are a significant source of episodic air pollution resulting in elevated ambient concentrations of inhalable particulate matter (PM). Although PM from fossil fuel combustion has been conclusively associated with respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, the health effects...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13751 |