Particulate matter and emergency visits for asthma: a time-series study of their association in the presence and absence of wildfire smoke in Reno, Nevada, 2013-2018.
Daniel KiserWilliam J MetcalfGai ElhananBrendan SchniederKaren SchlauchAndrew JorosCraig PetersenJoseph J GrzymskiPublished in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2020)
Since we found significantly stronger associations of PM2.5 and PM10 with asthma visits when wildfire smoke was present, our results suggest that wildfire PM is more hazardous than non-wildfire PM for patients with asthma.