Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations

Authors: Gongbo Chen, Yuming Guo, Xu Yue, Shilu Tong, Antonio Gasparrini, Michelle L. Bell, Ben Armstrong, Joel Schwartz, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Antonella Zanobetti, Éric Lavigne, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Haidong Kan, Dominic Royé, Ai Milojevic, Ala Overcenco, Aleš Urban, Alexandra Schneider, Alireza Entezari, Ana María Vicedo-Cabrera, Ariana Zeka, Aurelio Tobı́as, Baltazar Nunes, Barrak Alahmad, Bertil Forsberg, Shih‐Chun Pan, Carmen Íñiguez, Caroline Ameling, César De la Cruz Valencia, Christofer Åström, Danny Houthuijs, Do Van Dung, Evangelia Samoli, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Francesco Sera, Gabriel Carrasco‐Escobar, Yadong Lei, Hans Orru, Ho Kim, Iulian‐Horia Holobâcă, Jan Kyselý, João Paulo Teixeira, Joana Madureira, Klea Katsouyanni, Magali Hurtado‐Díaz, Marek Maasikmets, Martina S. Ragettli, Masahiro Hashizume, Massimo Stafoggia, Mathilde Pascal, Matteo Scortichini, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Niilo Ryti, Noah Scovronick, Patricia Matus, Patrick Goodman, Rebecca M. Garland, Rosana Abrutzky, Samuel Osorio Garcia, Shilpa Rao, Simona Fratianni, Trần Ngọc Đăng, Valentina Colistro, Veronika Huber, Whanhee Lee, Xerxes Seposo, Yasushi Honda, Yue Leon Guo, Tingting Ye, Wenhua Yu, Michael J. Abramson, Jonathan M. Samet, Shanshan Li - The Lancet 2021 cited by 352

BACKGROUND: and mortality across various regions of the world. METHODS: exposure was calculated. FINDINGS: exposure during the study period. INTERPRETATION: was associated with increased risk of mortality. Urgent action is needed to reduce health risks from the increasing wildfires. FUNDING: Australian Research Council, Australian National Health & Medical Research Council.