Health effects following the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Carlsen, Hanne Krage ^a,b   Hauksdottir, Arna ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Unnur Anna ^a   Gíslason, Thorarinn ^c   Einarsdottir, Gunnlaug ^d   Runolfsson, Halldor ^e   Briem, Haraldur ^f   Finnbjornsdottir, Ragnhildur Gudrun ^a   Gudmundsson, Sigurdur ^a   Kolbeinsson, Thorir Björn ^g   Thorsteinsson, Throstur ^a   Pétursdóttir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d Environment Agency of Iceland   (Iceland)

^e Department of Animal Health   (Iceland)

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

^g Health Care Institution of South Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; NOSE DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; VOLCANO;

EID: 84873154181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001851     Document Type: Article

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