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Health impacts of anthropogenic biomass burning in the developed world

Torben Sigsgaard, Bertil Forsberg, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Anders Blomberg, Anette Bølling, Christoffer Boman, Jakob Bønløkke, Michael Brauer, Nigel Bruce, Marie-Eve Héroux, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen, Frank Kelly, Nino Künzli, Bo Lundbäck, Hanns Moshammer, Curtis Noonan, Joachim Pagels, Gerd Sallsten, Jean-Paul Sculier, Bert Brunekreef
European Respiratory Journal 2015 46: 1577-1588; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01865-2014
Torben Sigsgaard
1University of Aarhus, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus, Denmark
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Bertil Forsberg
2Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Isabella Annesi-Maesano
3INSERM UMR-S 1136, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Paris, France
4UPMC, UMR-S 1136, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Paris, France
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Anders Blomberg
5Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Anette Bølling
6Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Environmental Medicine, Dept of Air Pollution and Noise, Oslo, Norway
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Christoffer Boman
7Thermochemical Energy Conversion Laboratory, Dept of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Jakob Bønløkke
1University of Aarhus, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus, Denmark
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Michael Brauer
8University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Nigel Bruce
9WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
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Marie-Eve Héroux
10WHO Regional Office for Europe, Bonn, Germany
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Maija-Riitta Hirvonen
11University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Frank Kelly
12King's College London, London, UK
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Nino Künzli
13Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland,
14University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Bo Lundbäck
15Krefting Research Centre, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hanns Moshammer
16Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Environmental Health, Vienna, Austria
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Curtis Noonan
17The University of Montana, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Missoula, MT, USA
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Joachim Pagels
18Lund University, Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund, Sweden
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Gerd Sallsten
19Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Jean-Paul Sculier
20University Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
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Bert Brunekreef
21Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
22Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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    Sector contributions to primary particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 µm emissions in the EU15, 2000. Reproduced from [26].

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    Sector contributions to primary particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 µm emissions in the EU15, 2020. Reproduced from [26].

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    Effects of wood stove interventions on outdoor particulate matter (PM) levels in developed countries

    LocationEstimated reduction in PM µg·m−3NotesReferences
    Launceston, Tasmania, Australia38% reduction in  winter PM10Fuel switching: replacement of wood heating appliances with  electric heating appliances. The proportion of households  burning wood was reduced from 66% to 30%.[72]
    British Colombia, Canada22% reduction in winter PM2.5Introduction of improved technology stoves and targeting of open  fireplaces. The proportion of homes using open fireplaces was  reduced from 15% to 3%, and the proportion of homes with  improved technology wood stoves increased from 25% to 41%.  The community also had an overall increase in wood stove usage.[73]
    Missoula, MT, USA45% reduction in PM10Legislative action and enforcement. Over a 10-year period,  the proportion of households burning wood was reduced  from 44% to 20% and the contribution of residential wood  burning to PM10 was reduced from 47% to 11%.[74]
    Libby, MT, USA27% reduction in winter PM2.5Introduction of improved technology stoves. Over 1100 older model wood stoves were replaced with improved technology stoves.[75, 76]
    • PM10: particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <10 µm; PM2.5: particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 µm.

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Health impacts of anthropogenic biomass burning in the developed world
Torben Sigsgaard, Bertil Forsberg, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Anders Blomberg, Anette Bølling, Christoffer Boman, Jakob Bønløkke, Michael Brauer, Nigel Bruce, Marie-Eve Héroux, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen, Frank Kelly, Nino Künzli, Bo Lundbäck, Hanns Moshammer, Curtis Noonan, Joachim Pagels, Gerd Sallsten, Jean-Paul Sculier, Bert Brunekreef
European Respiratory Journal Dec 2015, 46 (6) 1577-1588; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01865-2014

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Health impacts of anthropogenic biomass burning in the developed world
Torben Sigsgaard, Bertil Forsberg, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Anders Blomberg, Anette Bølling, Christoffer Boman, Jakob Bønløkke, Michael Brauer, Nigel Bruce, Marie-Eve Héroux, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen, Frank Kelly, Nino Künzli, Bo Lundbäck, Hanns Moshammer, Curtis Noonan, Joachim Pagels, Gerd Sallsten, Jean-Paul Sculier, Bert Brunekreef
European Respiratory Journal Dec 2015, 46 (6) 1577-1588; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01865-2014
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