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Long-term health impacts from wildfire smoke may include cardiac, respiratory effects
October 25, 2017 by Robin Marks
 

As the deadly wildfires that devastated Northern California this month come under control and residents begin the process of rebuilding, one question that lingers is the longer-term health effects of the smoke.

The answer to that question isn't universal, said John Balmes, MD, a UC San Francisco pulmonologist and an expert on the respiratory and cardiovascular effects of air pollutants.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-long-term-health-impacts-wildfire-cardiac.html