Geographic patterns in wildland fire exposures and county-level lung cancer mortality in the United States

Geographic patterns in wildland fire exposures and county-level lung cancer mortality in the United States

Abstract Background Emissions from wildfire plumes are composed of modified biomass combustion by-products, including carcinogens. However, studies of the association between wildland fires (WF; includes wildfires, prescribed burns, and resource management fires) exposure and lung cancer are scant....

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Main Authors: Richard V. Remigio, Ian D. Buller, Michael S. Bogle, Maria E. Kamenetsky, Samantha Ammons, Jesse E. Bell, Jared A. Fisher, Neal D. Freedman, Rena R. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Wildland fires
Lung cancer mortality
Spatial analysis
Clustering
Smoking prevalence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-025-00394-x
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