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Ambulance and hospital use after a coal mine fire: Analysis of linked data

2025-06-25 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire shrouded the town of Morwell in regional Victoria, Australia, in smoke for six weeks. Building on previous analyses, we explored linked survey and healthcare data to investigate longer-term effects of fire-related PM2.5 exposure on ambulance attendances, emergency department presentations, and hospital admissions. MethodsThe Hazelwood Health Study Adult Survey cohort data were combined with modelled air pollution data to estimate individual levels of ...

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