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Syndromic Surveillance to Monitor Wildfire Events
Content Type: Success Stories
In recent years, Washington State has experienced episodes of degraded air quality from wildfires burning within the state, as well as surrounding states and provinces. Wildfire smoke, particularly the high concentrations of small particulate matter… read more… across the state (maximum and average), total ED visit volume, respiratory effects (e.g., general, asthma, … were removed. For example, timeseries of daily visit counts were converted to visit percent in order to remove the appearance of increases …