Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: A study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Damby, David E ^a,b,c   Horwell, Claire J ^c   Larsen, Gudrun ^d   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^d   Tomatis, Maura ^e   Fubini, Bice ^e   Donaldson, Ken ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Free radicals; Haemolysis; Health hazard; Particle characterization; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; GLASS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZEOLITE; BASALT; SILICATE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASALT; BLOOD; FREE RADICAL; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RHYOLITE; TOXICOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICELAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS;

ICELAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; ICELAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICATES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 85029285822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0302-9     Document Type: Article

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