Respiratory and mental health effects of wildfires: an ecological study in Galician municipalities (north-west Spain)

• Main Authors: Taracido, Margarita (Author), Montes-Martínez Agustín (Author), Sastre Isabel (Author), Figueiras Adolfo (Author), Caamano-Isorna Francisco (Author), Piñeiro-Lamas María (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During the summer of 2006, a wave of wildfires struck Galicia (north-west Spain), giving rise to a disaster situation in which a great deal of the territory was destroyed. Unlike other occasions, the wildfires in this case also threa...