Wildfire Smoke and Your Health
- Abstract
When smoke levels are high, even healthy people may have symptoms or health problems. The best thing to do is to limit your exposure to smoke. Depending on your situation, a combination of the strategies below may work best and give you the most protection from wildfire smoke. The more you do to limit your exposure to wildfire smoke, the more you’ll reduce your chances of having health effects.
- Resource Type
- Infographic/poster
- Artist
- Oregon Health Authority
- Resource URL
- http://public.health.oregon.gov/Preparedness/Prepare/Documents/OHA%208626%20Wildfire%20FAQs-v6c.pdf
- Date
- April 1, 2014
- Organization Type
- State/local health department (inc. international)
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Wildfires
- Solution
- Behavior change
- Region
- Northwest
- Other
- Health surveillance