Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples

• Main Authors: David E. Damby (Author), Claire J. Horwell (Author), Gudrun Larsen (Author), Thorvaldur Thordarson (Author), Maura Tomatis (Author), Bice Fubini (Author), Ken Donaldson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011), Iceland, triggered immediate, international consideration of the respiratory health hazard of inhaling volcanic ash, and prompted the need to estimate the potential hazard posed by future eruptions of Iceland'...