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The effects of bushfire smoke on respiratory
- States bushfire smoke has the potential to affect millions of people and is therefore a major public health problem
- States that, during bushfire smoke episodes, PM concentrations are usually much higher than urban background concentrations, at which effects on respiratory health have been observed
- States only a few studies have distinguished between the effects of bushfire PM10 (particles with a median aerodynamic diameter less than 10 µm) and background PM10, and that these studies suggest that PM10 from bushfire smoke is at least as toxic as urban PM10
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