Health effects of the September 2009 dust storm in Sydney, Australia: Did emergency department visits and hospital admissions increase?

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Merrifield, Alistair ^a   Schindeler, Suzanne ^a   Jalaludin, Bin ^b,c   Smith, Wayne ^a  

^a NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Distributed lag; Dust storm; Emergency department; Hospital admissions

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DUST STORM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST STORM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL DISASTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DUST; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84876915030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-32     Document Type: Article

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