Impact of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) smoke during the 2019 / 2020 Australian bushfire disaster on emergency department patient presentations

Aim: The aim of this paper was to describe the patient characteristics and outcomes from a metropolitan emergency department (ED) during the 2019/2020 ‘Black Summer Bushfires’ disaster in Australia and compare the patient characteristics and outcomes to a matched period from the same ED one year ear...

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Main Authors: Jamie Ranse, Matthew Luther, Attila Hertelendy, Richard Skinner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:The Journal of Climate Change and Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278222000025