Seasonal extreme temperatures and short-term fine particulate matter increases pediatric respiratory healthcare encounters in a sparsely populated region of the intermountain western United States

• Main Authors: Erin L. Landguth (Author), Jonathon Knudson (Author), Jon Graham (Author), Ava Orr (Author), Emily A. Coyle (Author), Paul Smith (Author), Erin O. Semmens (Author), Curtis Noonan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Western Montana, USA, experiences complex air pollution patterns with predominant exposure sources from summer wildfire smoke and winter wood smoke. In addition, climate change related temperatures events are becoming more extreme and expected to contribute to increases in hospit...