A retrospective study on acute health effects due to volcanic ash exposure during the eruption of Mount Etna (Sicily) in 2002

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lombardo, Daniele ^a   Ciancio, Nicola ^b   Campisi, Raffaele ^a,b   Di Maria, Annalisa ^a   Bivona, Laura ^a,c   Poletti, Venerino ^c   Mistretta, Antonio ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^d,e   Di Maria, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Cancer Prevention and Research Institute ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute health effects; Ash fall; Cardiovascular effects; Emergency department visits; Respiratory effects; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

EID: 84883351531     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-8-51     Document Type: Article

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