Critical Documents for Combined Heat & Air Quality Guidance Project

Rachel Aumann, MSW

Air Quality Index (AQI), US Environmental Protection Agency. Available at

Ambient Air Quality Standards (2012). California Air Resources Board. Available at http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs.htm.

Basu, R., Samet, J.M. (2002). Relation between elevated ambient temperature and mortality: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. Epidemiologic Reviews, 24: 190-202.

Best practices for communicating air quality and related health information. Updated July 2007. Cal EPA Children’s Environmental Health Center.

California Air Resources Board (2010). Estimate of premature deaths associated with Fine Particle Pollution (PM2.5) in California using a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency methodology.

CDC (2012). Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety. Available at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/.

Contingency Plan for Excessive Heat Emergencies: A Supporting Document to the State Emergency Plan (2010). Cal EMA. Available at http://www.calema.ca.gov/planningandpreparedness/pages/heat.aspx.

Delamater, P.L. et al. (2012). An analysis of asthma hospitalizations, air pollution, and weather conditions in Los Angeles County, California. Science of the Total Environment, 425: 110-118.

Hajat, S. et al. (2010). Heat-health warning systems: A comparison of the predictive capacity of different approaches to identify dangerously hot days. American Journal of Public Health, Research and Practice, 100(6): 1137-1144.

Hales, S. et al. (2000). Daily mortality in relation to weather and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24(1): 89-91.

Heat-Related Deaths-United States 1999-2003. MMWR July 28, 2006: 55(29); 796-798. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/.

Kelly, F.J. et al. (2012). Monitoring air pollution: use of early warning systems to protect public health. Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 17: 7-19.

Knowlton, K. et al. (2009). The 2006 California heat wave: Impacts on hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(1): 61-67.

Knowlton, K. et al. (2009). The 2006 California heat wave: impacts on hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(1): 61-64.

McConnell, R. et al. (2002). Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study. The Lancet, 359: 386-391.

Noar, S.M. (2012). An audience-channel-message-evaluation (ACME) framework for health communication campaigns. Health Promotion Practice, 13(4): 481-488.

Rainham, D.G.C. et al. (2003). The role of air pollution in the relationship between a heat stress index and human mortality in Toronto. Environmental Research, 93: 9-19.

Recommendations for Schools and Others on Poor Air Quality Days: Air Quality Index (AQI) Chart for Ozone (8-hr standard). Revised 8/16/2006. Available at

Reid, C.E., et al. (2012). Evaluation of a heat vulnerability index on abnormally hot days: an environmental public health tracking study. Environmental Health Perspectives. NIEHS.

Rhea, S. et al. (2012). Using near real-time morbidity data to identify heat-related illness prevention strategies in North Carolina. Journal of Community Health, 37: 495-500.

Ruthfusz, L.P. (1990). The heat index ‘equation’ (or more than you ever wanted to know about the heat index). NWS: Scientific Services Division (SR-90-23).

Tinker et al. Disaster Risk Communication. Chapter 141, Disaster Medicine.

Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials. CARPA. Revised July 2008. Available at www.arb.ca.gov/carpa/docs.htm.

Wildfires: Health Threat From Wildfire Smoke. CDC: Emergency Preparedness and Response. Available at www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/wildfires/facts/asp