A survey of early health effects of the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption in Iceland: A population-based study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Carlsen, Hanne Krage ^a   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^a,b   Kolbeinsson, ThorirBjorn ^c   Hauksdottir, Arna ^a   Thorsteinsson, Throstur ^a   Briem, Haraldur ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c Primary Health Care Centre of South Iceland   (Iceland)

^d Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPIROMETRY; STOMACH PAIN; STRESS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

EID: 84860895135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000343     Document Type: Article

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