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Posts classified under: Environmental Disasters

Center for Occupational & Environmental Health > Environmental Disasters
26May2026

Attitudes of fire service personnel toward respiratory protection in wildland firefighting

Attitudes of fire service personnel toward respiratory protection in wildland firefighting

Dawit E, Naeem S, Vinegar S, Styles L, Jones RM. Attitudes of fire service personnel toward respiratory protection in wildland firefighting. Ann Work Expo Health. 2026 Feb 2;70(2):wxaf077

13Aug2024

Climate Justice Implications of Natech Disasters: Excess Contaminant Releases during Hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast

Climate Justice Implications of Natech Disasters: Excess Contaminant Releases during Hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast

Berberian AG, Morello-Frosch R, Karasaki S, Cushing LJ. Climate Justice Implications of Natech Disasters: Excess Contaminant Releases during Hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Aug 13;58(32):14180-14192.

5Jun2021

Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5, Facemask Mandates, Stay Home Orders and COVID-19 Incidence in the United States

Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5, Facemask Mandates, Stay Home Orders and COVID-19 Incidence in the United States
Fang, F., Mu, L., Zhu, Y., Rao, J., Heymann, J., & Zhang, Z. F. (2021).  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6274.

7Nov2018

Implications of social and legal status on immigrants’ health in disaster zones. 

Implications of social and legal status on immigrants’ health in disaster zones. 

Fussell, E., Delp, L., Riley, K., Chávez, S., & Valenzuela Jr, A. (2018). American journal of public health, 108(12), 1617-1620.

28Jun2017

Uranium and associated heavy metals in Ovis Aries in a mining impacted area in northwestern New Mexico

Uranium and associated heavy metals in Ovis Aries in a mining impacted area in northwestern New Mexico
Samuel-Nakamura, C., Robbins, W. A., & Hodge, F. S. (2017). International journal of environmental research and public health, 14(8), 848.

31Mar2017

Heavy metal contamination in Thelesperma megapotamicum

Heavy metal contamination in Thelesperma megapotamicum
Samuel-Nakamura, C., Hodge, F. S., Valentine, J. L., & Robbins, W. A. (2017). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 9(3), 14-22.

1Oct2016

Differential respiratory health effects from the 2008 northern California wildfires: A spatiotemporal approach.

Differential respiratory health effects from the 2008 northern California wildfires: A spatiotemporal approach.
Reid CE, Jerrett M,Tager IB, Petersen ML, Mann JK, Balmes JR. 2016. Environ Res. 2016 Oct;150:227-35. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.012.

1Sep2016

Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure.

Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure.
Reid CE, Brauer M, Johnston FH, Jerrett M, Balmes JR, Elliott CT. 2016. Environ Health Perspect. 124(9):1334-43. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409277.

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