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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Published in:Nature Communications
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 in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Science
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Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5
https://doaj.org/article/1d889d59922e471c974d1c1267e0b54d
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Summary: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 not issued successfully.

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