Effects of bushfire smoke on daily mortality and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Morgan, Geoffrey ^a,b   Sheppeard, Vicky ^c   Khalaj, Behnoosh ^d   Ayyar, Aarthi ^d   Lincoln, Doug ^a   Jalaludin, Bin ^e   Beard, John ^a,f   Corbett, Stephen ^g   Lumley, Thomas ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

^c Environmental Health Branch   (Australia)

^d CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; STROKE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849117988     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181c15d5a     Document Type: Article

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