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Table 1 Search terms used in Web of Science to determine extent of primary literature relevant to wildland fire emissions in North America (top) and the Great Plains (bottom). Terms with multiple words were entered encased in quotation marks to ensure that the phrase was treated as a single search term. Searches were performed during August 2019, with one additional record added during September 2019 due to recent publication. Prichard et al. (2020) is not included in table

From: Smoke in the Great Plains, USA: an increasing phenomenon with potential policy and health implications

Area

Search term

Total results(n)

Results relevant to wildland fire(n)

North America

particulate matter

413

23

smoke management

4

1

fire effluent

0

0

crop residue burning

2

0

biomass burning

351

66

carbonaceous aerosol

9

0

black carbon

182

9

carbon monoxide

296

22

smoke

757

70

emissions

3050

121

PM 2.5

226

15

PM 10

109

4

ozone

1163

39

Total

6562

370

Great Plains

particulate matter

22

0

smoke management

0

0

fire effluent

0

0

crop residue burning

2

0

biomass burning

14

0

carbonaceous aerosol

0

0

black carbon

20

0

carbon monoxide

12

0

smoke

32

1

emissions

332

2

PM 2.5

1

0

PM10

2

0

ozone

1

2

Total

488

5