The association of coal mine fire smoke with hospital emergency presentations and admissions: Time series analysis of Hazelwood Health Study.
Air Pollutants, Occupational
/ analysis
Asthma
Coal
/ analysis
Coal Mining
Emergency Service, Hospital
/ statistics & numerical data
Environmental Exposure
/ analysis
Fires
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Occupational Exposure
/ statistics & numerical data
Particulate Matter
/ analysis
Research Design
Smoke
/ analysis
Coal mine fire smoke
Hazelwood health study
Hospital admissions
Hospital emergency presentations
Morbidity
PM(2.5)
Times series
Journal
Chemosphere
ISSN: 1879-1298
Titre abrégé: Chemosphere
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0320657
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
07
11
2019
revised:
29
03
2020
accepted:
30
03
2020
pubmed:
13
4
2020
medline:
1
7
2020
entrez:
13
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We aimed to examine the change in rates of hospital emergency presentations or hospital admissions during the coal mine fire, and their associations with the coal mine fire-related fine particles (PM Daily data on hospital emergency presentations and admissions were collected from the Department of Health and Human Services for the period January 01, 2009 to June 30, 2015, at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). The coal mine fire-related PM Compared with non-fire periods, we found increased risks of all-causes, respiratory diseases, and asthma related emergency presentations and hospital admissions as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) related emergency presentations during the fire period. Associations between daily concentrations of coal mine fire-related PM Coal mine fire smoke created a substantial health burden. People with respiratory diseases should receive targeted messages, follow self-management plans and take preventive medication during future coal mine fires.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32278916
pii: S0045-6535(20)30860-2
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126667
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants, Occupational
0
Coal
0
Particulate Matter
0
Smoke
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
126667Informations de copyright
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