Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption

The 2014–15 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland was the largest fissure eruption in over 200 years, emitting prodigious amounts of gas and particulate matter into the troposphere. Reykjavík, the capital area of Iceland (250 km from eruption site) was exposed to air pollution events from advection of (i) a...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 2161 - 12
Main Authors:	Carlsen, Hanne Krage, Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Baxter, Peter J., Schmidt, Anja, Thorsteinsson, Throstur, Pfeffer, Melissa Anne, Barsotti, Sara, Dominici, Francesca, Finnbjornsdottir, Ragnhildur Gudrun, Jóhannsson, Thorsteinn, Aspelund, Thor, Gislason, Thorarinn, Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur, Briem, Haraldur, Gudnason, Thorolfur
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 12.04.2021 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	692/700/478/174 704/172/4081 704/2151/598 704/4111 Adult Advection adverse effects Air Pollutants Air Pollutants - analysis Air Pollution Air Pollution - analysis analysis Asthma Asthma - drug therapy Delivery of Health Care drug therapy Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency procedures Emergency response Emergency Service Emergency Service, Hospital Environmental Exposure Environmental Exposure - adverse effects epidemiology Eruptions Exposure Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin Health care Hospital Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Iceland Iceland - epidemiology Morbidity multidisciplinary Particulate emissions Particulate matter Physicians Physicians, Primary Care Plumes Primary Care Public Health Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine Regression Analysis Respiratory diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology Risk Science Science (multidisciplinary) Self Report Sulfur Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide - analysis Surveys and Questionnaires Troposphere Volcanic Eruptions Volcanic Eruptions - adverse effects Iceland
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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