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- Design and setting: An ecological study conducted in Darwin (Northern Territory,
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- and almost continuous bushfire activity in the proximate bushland. The exposure
- variable was the mean atmospheric concentration of particles of 10 microns or less
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- variable was the mean atmospheric concentration of particles of 10 microns or less
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Exposure to bushfire smoke and asthma: an ecological study</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Johnston, Fay H.</span> and <span class="person_name">Kavanagh, Anne M.</span> and <span class="person_name">Bowman, David M.J.S.</span> and <span class="person_name">Scott, Randall K.</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Exposure to bushfire smoke and asthma: an ecological study.</xhtml:em> Medical Journal of Australia, 176 (11). pp. 535-538. ISSN 0025-729X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2430/1/Johnston_Kavanagh_Bowman_Scott_-_Bushfire_Smoke.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2430/1/Johnston_Kavanagh_Bowman_Scott_-_Bushfire_Smoke.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />832Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3156" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_11_030602/joh10756_fm.html">http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_11_030602/joh10756_fm.html</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Objective: To examine the relationship between the mean daily concentration of
- respirable particles arising from bushfire smoke and hospital presentations for
- asthma.
- Design and setting: An ecological study conducted in Darwin (Northern Territory,
- Australia) from 1 April – 31 October 2000, a period characterised by minimal rainfall
- and almost continuous bushfire activity in the proximate bushland. The exposure
- variable was the mean atmospheric concentration of particles of 10 microns or less
- in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) per cubic metre per 24-hour period.
- Outcome measure: The daily number of presentations for asthma to the
- Emergency Department of Royal Darwin Hospital.
- Results: There was a significant increase in asthma</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/321200.html">320000 Medical and Health Sciences > 321200 Public Health and Health Services</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/320000.html">320000 Medical and Health Sciences</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2430</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Nov 2007 15:07</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2430;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2430">item control page</a></p>
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