Long-term health effects of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption: A prospective cohort study in 2010 and 2013

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Hlodversdottir, Heidrun ^a   Petursdottir, Gudrun ^a   Carlsen, Hanne Krage ^a   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b   Hauksdottir, Arna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLD; COUGHING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRY THROAT; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 12; HEALTH; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; OCULAR PRURITUS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WHEEZING; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; ICELAND; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987617367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011444     Document Type: Article

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