RESEARCH PROJECTS

SPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE SMOKE EXPOSURE AND ITS HEALTH EFFECTS IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Data sets requested

• Medical Services Plan (BC Ministry of Health)
• Hospital Separations (BC Ministry of Health)
• Deaths (BC Vital Statistics Agency)
• Births (BC VItal Statistics Agency)

Publications

PhD Thesis

Henderson Sarah B. "Spatial assessment of forest fire smoke exposure and its health impacts in Southeastern British Columbia during the summer of 2003." 2009

Journal Articles

Henderson, S. B.; Burkholder, B.; Jackson, P. L.; Brauer, M.; Ichoku, C. "Use of MODIS products to simplify and evaluate a forest fire plume dispersion model for PM10 exposure assessment." Atmospheric Environment (2008) 42 36 8524-8532

Journal Articles Submitted

Henderson, S. B.; Brauer, M.; Kennedy, S.; MacNab, Y. "Three measures of forest fire smoke exposure and their associations with respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes in a population-based cohort." Environmental Health Perspectives

Posters

Henderson, .B.; Brauer, M.; Kennedy, S.; MacNab, Y. "Three Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Association with Respiratory and Cardiovascular Physician Visits and Hospital Admissions." Epidemiology 20 6 (2009) S82

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