Health effects of smoke from planned burns: a study protocol

• Main Authors: David O'Keeffe (Author), Martine Dennekamp (Author), Lahn Straney (Author), Mahjabeen Mazhar (Author), Tom O'Dwyer (Author), Anjali Haikerwal (Author), Fabienne Reisen (Author), Michael J. Abramson (Author), Fay Johnston (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Large populations are exposed to smoke from bushfires and planned burns. Studies investigating the association between bushfire smoke and health have typically used hospital or ambulance data and been done retrospectively on large populations. The present study is designed to pro...