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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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/323153 2023-07-30T04:04:21+02:00 Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. 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 2021-04-12 Electronic application/pdf https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.70607 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/323153 eng eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5 Nat Commun doi:10.17863/CAM.70607 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/323153 Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Adult Air Pollutants Air Pollution Asthma Delivery of Health Care Emergency Service Hospital Environmental Exposure Humans Iceland Morbidity Physicians Primary Care Public Health Regression Analysis Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Self Report Sulfur Dioxide Surveys and Questionnaires Volcanic Eruptions Article 2021 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.70607 2023-07-10T21:49:15Z 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 relatively young and chemically primitive volcanic plume with a high sulphur dioxide gas (SO2) to sulphate PM (SO42-) ratio, and (ii) an older and chemically mature volcanic plume with a low SO2/SO42- ratio. Whereas the advection and air pollution caused by the primitive plume were successfully forecast and forewarned in public advisories, the mature plume was not. Here, we show that exposure to the mature plume is associated with an increase in register-measured health care utilisation for respiratory disease by 23% (95% CI 19.7-27.4%) and for asthma medication dispensing by 19.3% (95% CI 9.6-29.1%). Absence of public advisories is associated with increases in visits to primary care medical doctors and to the hospital emergency department. We recommend that operational response to volcanic air pollution considers both primitive and mature types of plumes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository Holuhraun ENVELOPE(-16.831,-16.831,64.852,64.852) Reykjavík |
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Adult Air Pollutants Air Pollution Asthma Delivery of Health Care Emergency Service Hospital Environmental Exposure Humans Iceland Morbidity Physicians Primary Care Public Health Regression Analysis Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Self Report Sulfur Dioxide Surveys and Questionnaires Volcanic Eruptions 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 Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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Adult Air Pollutants Air Pollution Asthma Delivery of Health Care Emergency Service Hospital Environmental Exposure Humans Iceland Morbidity Physicians Primary Care Public Health Regression Analysis Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Self Report Sulfur Dioxide Surveys and Questionnaires Volcanic Eruptions |
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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 relatively young and chemically primitive volcanic plume with a high sulphur dioxide gas (SO2) to sulphate PM (SO42-) ratio, and (ii) an older and chemically mature volcanic plume with a low SO2/SO42- ratio. Whereas the advection and air pollution caused by the primitive plume were successfully forecast and forewarned in public advisories, the mature plume was not. Here, we show that exposure to the mature plume is associated with an increase in register-measured health care utilisation for respiratory disease by 23% (95% CI 19.7-27.4%) and for asthma medication dispensing by 19.3% (95% CI 9.6-29.1%). Absence of public advisories is associated with increases in visits to primary care medical doctors and to the hospital emergency department. We recommend that operational response to volcanic air pollution considers both primitive and mature types of plumes. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption. |
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increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large icelandic fissure eruption. |
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2021 |
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