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2020 Smoke Special Grouping of Papers

A multi-analysis approach for estimating regional health impacts from the 2017 Northern California wildfires

Susan M. O’Neilla Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Seattle, WA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Minghui Diaob Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0324-0897View further author information
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Sean Raffusec Air Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USAView further author information
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Mohammad Al-Hamdand National Space Science and Technology Center, Universities Space Research Association at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA;e National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering (NCCHE) and Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8772-4885View further author information
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Muhammad Barikf Yara North America Inc., San Francisco Hub, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Yiqin Jiag Assessment, Inventory & Modeling Division, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Steve Reidg Assessment, Inventory & Modeling Division, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Yufei Zouh Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-0697View further author information
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Daniel Tongi Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4255-4568View further author information
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J. Jason Westj Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-4987View further author information
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Joseph Wilkinsk School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-787XView further author information
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Amy Marshaa Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Frank Freedmanb Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USAView further author information
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Jason Vargol Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-6936View further author information
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Narasimhan K. Larkina Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Ernesto Alvaradok School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9606-9963View further author information
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Patti Loeschek School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Pages 791-814 | Received 23 Sep 2020, Accepted 10 Feb 2021, Published online: 23 Jun 2021

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