Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on February 18, 2012

Authors

Fay H Johnston1, Sarah B Henderson, Yang Chen, James T Randerson, Miriam Marlier, Ruth S Defries, Patrick Kinney, David M J S Bowman, Michael Brauer

Author Affiliations

1: Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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