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

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

Large fissure eruptions can cause air pollution events when the volcanic plume returns to the same area after the initial advisory has been lifted. Here, the authors show that these events had a significant impact on health care usage in Iceland, and the impact was exacerbated when advisories were n...

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Main Authors: Hanne Krage Carlsen, Evgenia Ilyinskaya, Peter J. Baxter, Anja Schmidt, Throstur Thorsteinsson, Melissa Anne Pfeffer, Sara Barsotti, Francesca Dominici, Ragnhildur Gudrun Finnbjornsdottir, Thorsteinn Jóhannsson, Thor Aspelund, Thorarinn Gislason, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, Haraldur Briem, Thorolfur Gudnason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5

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