Titre : | Asthma presentations to emergency departments in Western Sydney during the January 1994 bushfires. (1996) |
Auteurs : | M.A. Smith ; J.E. BYLES ; B. JALALUDIN ; S.R. LEEDER ; L. LIM ; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. University of Newcastle. AUS ; Western Sector Public Health Unit. Sydney. AUS |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 25, n° 6, 1996) |
Pagination : | 1227-1236 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Asthme ; Allergie ; Service urgence ; Pollution ; Air ; Incendie ; Forêt ; Fumée ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Australie ; Océanie ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST rCteR0x1. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background. From 5 to 12 January 1994, the state of New South Wales suffered from the worst bushfires seen this century. High levels of particulate air pollution were recorded in western Sydney from 7 to 14 January 1994, with nephelometry readings reaching 10.24 bêtascat (10-4/m) and particulate matter |