Wildfires and Human Health

Raj P Fadadu; Gina Solomon; John R Balmes

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13600

Wildfires and Human Health

JAMA. 2024 Sep 24;332(12):1011-1012. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.13600.

Authors

Raj P Fadadu^{1

2}, Gina Solomon³, John R Balmes^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego.
³ Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
⁴ Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley.

PMID: 38985542
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.13600

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This JAMA Insights explores the adverse effects of wildfires on human health and health care systems and offers suggestions on how clinicians can help mitigate the health threats posed by wildfires.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Air Pollution* / adverse effects
Air Pollution* / economics
Climate Change
Disaster Planning
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
Environmental Exposure / economics
Environmental Monitoring
Health Education
Humans
Smoke* / adverse effects
Wildfires* / economics

Substances

Smoke