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<meta content="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" name="eprints.abstract" />
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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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<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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