Sadia Afrin

Works (5)

Updated: April 24th, 2025 04:34

2023 article

Prescribed fires, smoke exposure, and hospital utilization among heart failure patients

Raab, H., Moyer, J., Afrin, S., Garcia-Menendez, F., & Ward-Caviness, C. K. (2023, December 13). Environmental Health, Vol. 22.

By: H. Raab*, J. Moyer*, S. Afrin n, F. Garcia-Menendez n  & C. Ward-Caviness *

author keywords: Prescribed fires; Smoke exposure; Hospitalizations; Heart failure
MeSH headings : Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Environmental Exposure; Fires; Smoke / adverse effects; Heart Failure / epidemiology; Heart Failure / therapy; Hospitals; Particulate Matter
topics (OpenAlex): Climate Change and Health Impacts; Air Quality and Health Impacts; Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
TL;DR: Ass associations between residing near a prescribed fire, wildfire smoke exposure, and heart failure patients’ hospital utilization are investigated and area-level smoke exposure driven by wildfires is positively associated with hospital utilization but not proximity to prescribed fires. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: January 2, 2024

2021 article

Application and evaluation of a low-cost PM sensor and data fusion with CMAQ simulations to quantify the impacts of prescribed burning on air quality in Southwestern Georgia, USA

Huang, R., Lal, R., Qin, M., Hu, Y., Russell, A. G., Odman, M. T., … O’Neill, S. M. (2021, April 30). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 4.

By: R. Huang *, R. Lal *, M. Qin *, Y. Hu *, A. Russell *, M. Odman *, S. Afrin n, F. Garcia-Menendez n , S. O’Neill *

MeSH headings : Air Pollutants / analysis; Air Pollution / analysis; Environmental Monitoring; Georgia; Humans; Particulate Matter / analysis
topics (OpenAlex): Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting; Air Quality and Health Impacts; Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
TL;DR: The results show that the severe impact of PB on local air quality and public health may be missed due to the dearth of regulatory monitoring sites, and low-cost PM sensors can be used as a supplemental measurement tool and provide useful spatial and temporal information for integration with air quality model simulations. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: June 24, 2021

2021 article

Potential impacts of prescribed fire smoke on public health and socially vulnerable populations in a Southeastern U.S. state

Afrin, S., & Garcia-Menendez, F. (2021, June 26). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 794, p. 148712.

By: S. Afrin n & F. Garcia-Menendez n 

author keywords: Prescribed fire; Smoke impacts; Social vulnerability
MeSH headings : Aged; Air Pollutants / analysis; Ecosystem; Fires; Georgia / epidemiology; Humans; Public Health; Vulnerable Populations
topics (OpenAlex): Fire effects on ecosystems; Air Quality and Health Impacts; Climate Change and Health Impacts
TL;DR: The analysis identifies spatial clusters of burning activity in the state and finds that areas with intense prescribed fire have levels of social vulnerability that are over 25% higher than the state average, and suggests that the impacts of burning in Georgia can potentially include hundreds of annual morbidity and mortality cases associated with smoke pollution. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 8, 2021

2021 article

Reliability and financial feasibility assessment of a community rainwater harvesting system considering precipitation variability due to climate change

Islam, M. M., Afrin, S., Tarek, M. H., & Rahman, M. M. (2021, April 8). Journal of Environmental Management.

By: M. Islam n, S. Afrin n, M. Tarek * & M. Rahman*

author keywords: Community rainwater harvesting; Climate change; Reliability; Financial feasibility
MeSH headings : Bangladesh; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Feasibility Studies; Rain; Reproducibility of Results; Water Supply
topics (OpenAlex): Urban Stormwater Management Solutions; Flood Risk Assessment and Management; Water Systems and Optimization
TL;DR: A nomograph incorporating interactive factors of RWH would ease decision making by the policymakers regarding the implementation of community RWH, and good agreement in reliability curves generated by SWMM and rational formula-based model is observed. (via Semantic Scholar)
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14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
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Added: June 10, 2021

2020 article

A Meteorology Based Particulate Matter Prediction Model for Megacity Dhaka

Afrin, S., Islam, M. M., & Ahmed, T. (2020, October 13). Aerosol and Air Quality Research.

By: S. Afrin n, M. Islam n & T. Ahmed*

author keywords: Air quality; Particulate matter; Regression model; Seasonal variability
topics (OpenAlex): Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting; Air Quality and Health Impacts; Vehicle emissions and performance
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: June 21, 2021

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