Ambient biomass smoke and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia.

PubWeight™: 1.45‹?› | Rank: Top 5%

🔗 View Article (PMC 2220001)

Published in BMC Public Health on September 13, 2007

Authors

Fay H Johnston1, Ross S Bailie, Louis S Pilotto, Ivan C Hanigan

Author Affiliations

1: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia. fay.johnston@utas.edu.au

Articles citing this

Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires. Environ Health Perspect (2012) 3.25

Indigenous health and climate change. Am J Public Health (2012) 1.67

Cardiovascular effects of ambient particulate air pollution exposure. Circulation (2010) 1.67

Birth weight following pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California wildfires. Environ Health Perspect (2012) 1.55

Three measures of forest fire smoke exposure and their associations with respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes in a population-based cohort. Environ Health Perspect (2011) 1.51

Case-crossover analysis of air pollution health effects: a systematic review of methodology and application. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 1.26

In-home solid fuel use and cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis of the Shanghai Putuo study. Environ Health (2012) 1.24

A systematic review of the physical health impacts from non-occupational exposure to wildfire smoke. Environ Res (2014) 1.22

Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure. Environ Health Perspect (2016) 1.17

Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization. World Allergy Organ J (2015) 1.14

Vegetation fire smoke, indigenous status and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia, 1996-2005: a time-series study. Environ Health (2008) 1.11

Time series analysis of fine particulate matter and asthma reliever dispensations in populations affected by forest fires. Environ Health (2013) 1.00

Fields and forests in flames: vegetation smoke & human health. Environ Health Perspect (2011) 0.95

Impact of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Exposure During Wildfires on Cardiovascular Health Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc (2015) 0.88

Evaluation of a wildfire smoke forecasting system as a tool for public health protection. Environ Health Perspect (2013) 0.88

Non-accidental health impacts of wildfire smoke. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2014) 0.85

Health impacts of wildfires. PLoS Curr (2012) 0.84

Pollen loads and allergic rhinitis in Darwin, Australia: a potential health outcome of the grass-fire cycle. Ecohealth (2009) 0.82

Risk of respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalisation with exposure to bushfire particulates: new evidence from Darwin, Australia. Environ Geochem Health (2012) 0.82

Forest Fire Smoke Exposures and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Melbourne, Australia: A Case-Crossover Study. Environ Health Perspect (2015) 0.81

Potential Occupational Exposures and Health Risks Associated with Biomass-Based Power Generation. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2015) 0.81

An observational study of PM10 and hospital admissions for acute exacerbations of chronic respiratory disease in Tasmania, Australia 1992-2002. BMJ Open Respir Res (2015) 0.79

Air pollution events from forest fires and emergency department attendances in Sydney, Australia 1996-2007: a case-crossover analysis. Environ Health (2014) 0.77

Utility of computed tomography in assessment of pulmonary hypertension secondary to biomass smoke exposure. Med Sci Monit (2014) 0.77

Indigenous health and environmental risk factors: an Australian problem with global analogues? Glob Health Action (2014) 0.75

Hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as biomarkers of exposure to wood smoke in wildland firefighters. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2015) 0.75

The association of wildfire smoke with respiratory and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Colorado in 2012: a case crossover study. Environ Health (2016) 0.75

Wildfire smoke exposure and human health: Significant gaps in research for a growing public health issue. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol (2017) 0.75

Health effects of the 2012 Valencia (Spain) wildfires on children in a cohort study. Environ Geochem Health (2015) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect. J Air Waste Manag Assoc (2006) 17.73

Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. JAMA (2006) 13.43

Woodsmoke health effects: a review. Inhal Toxicol (2007) 6.19

The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part II: Morbidity and mortality from air pollution in the United States. Res Rep Health Eff Inst (2000) 5.64

Diabetes enhances vulnerability to particulate air pollution-associated impairment in vascular reactivity and endothelial function. Circulation (2005) 5.07

Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods. Environ Health Perspect (2003) 4.73

Case-crossover analyses of air pollution exposure data: referent selection strategies and their implications for bias. Epidemiology (2005) 4.42

Acute effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory admissions: results from APHEA 2 project. Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2001) 3.40

Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities. J Epidemiol Community Health (2002) 3.29

The effect of particulate air pollution on emergency admissions for myocardial infarction: a multicity case-crossover analysis. Environ Health Perspect (2005) 3.19

The health impacts of exposure to indoor air pollution from solid fuels in developing countries: knowledge, gaps, and data needs. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 2.68

Influence of socioeconomic conditions on air pollution adverse health effects in elderly people: an analysis of six regions in São Paulo, Brazil. J Epidemiol Community Health (2004) 2.61

Exposure to bushfire smoke and asthma: an ecological study. Med J Aust (2002) 2.44

The effect of ozone and PM10 on hospital admissions for pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national multicity study. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 2.40

Wildland forest fire smoke: health effects and intervention evaluation, Hoopa, California, 1999. West J Med (2002) 1.64

The 1987 forest fire disaster in California: assessment of emergency room visits. Arch Environ Health (1990) 1.63

Adverse health effects from ambient air pollution in relation to residential wood combustion in modern society. Scand J Work Environ Health (2003) 1.55

Impact to lung health of haze from forest fires: the Singapore experience. Respirology (2000) 1.52

Cardiorespiratory hospitalizations associated with smoke exposure during the 1997, Southeast Asian forest fires. Int J Hyg Environ Health (2005) 1.46

Impact of the 2002 Canadian forest fires on particulate matter air quality in Baltimore city. Environ Sci Technol (2005) 1.46

Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases: are the elderly at greater risk? Eur Respir J Suppl (2003) 1.43

Airborne particulates and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease: a quantitative review of the evidence. Environ Health Perspect (2001) 1.18

Case-crossover design in air pollution epidemiology. Eur Respir J Suppl (2003) 1.16

Air particulate pollution due to bushfires and respiratory hospital admissions in Brisbane, Australia. Int J Environ Health Res (2006) 1.01

Vegetation fires, particulate air pollution and asthma: a panel study in the Australian monsoon tropics. Int J Environ Health Res (2006) 0.94

The short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions in four Australian cities. Aust N Z J Public Health (2005) 0.91

Articles by these authors

The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service. Med J Aust (2002) 3.41

Healthy country, healthy people: the relationship between Indigenous health status and "caring for country". Med J Aust (2009) 2.48

Effect of beta lactam antibiotic use in children on pneumococcal resistance to penicillin: prospective cohort study. BMJ (2002) 2.09

The demand for surgery: an analysis of referrals from Australian general practitioners. ANZ J Surg (2004) 1.47

Evaluation of a multi-component community tobacco intervention in three remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Aust N Z J Public Health (2006) 1.28

Delivery of preventive health services to Indigenous adults: response to a systems-oriented primary care quality improvement intervention. Med J Aust (2007) 1.25

Making systematic reviews more useful for policy-makers. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 1.23

Evaluation of interventions to reduce air pollution from biomass smoke on mortality in Launceston, Australia: retrospective analysis of daily mortality, 1994-2007. BMJ (2013) 1.14

Specialist outreach to isolated and disadvantaged communities: a population-based study. Lancet (2006) 1.12

Delivery of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services: baseline data for an ongoing quality improvement initiative. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2011) 1.08

Effect of health promotion and fluoride varnish on dental caries among Australian Aboriginal children: results from a community-randomized controlled trial. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2011) 1.07

Aboriginal health workers and diabetes care in remote community health centres: a mixed method analysis. Med J Aust (2006) 1.03

Climate change could threaten blood supply by altering the distribution of vector-borne disease: an Australian case-study. Glob Health Action (2009) 1.03

A cohort study of indoor nitrogen dioxide and house dust mite exposure in asthmatic children. J Occup Environ Med (2006) 0.98

Assessing the quality of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services. Med J Aust (2010) 0.97

Improving the transition from medical school to internship - evaluation of a preparation for internship course. BMC Med Educ (2014) 0.97

Improvement in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease management and prevention using a health centre-based continuous quality improvement approach. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.96

Environmental exposure to carcinogens causing lung cancer: epidemiological evidence from the medical literature. Respirology (2003) 0.96

Vegetation fires, particulate air pollution and asthma: a panel study in the Australian monsoon tropics. Int J Environ Health Res (2006) 0.94

Clinical capabilities of graduates of an outcomes-based integrated medical program. BMC Med Educ (2012) 0.94

Measuring emotional and social wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations: an analysis of a Negative Life Events Scale. Int J Equity Health (2007) 0.92

Liver function test abnormalities in users of aqueous kava extracts. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol (2003) 0.91

Stores Healthy Options Project in Remote Indigenous Communities (SHOP@RIC): a protocol of a randomised trial promoting healthy food and beverage purchases through price discounts and in-store nutrition education. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.91

Development and preliminary validation of the 'Caring for Country' questionnaire: measurement of an Indigenous Australian health determinant. Int J Equity Health (2008) 0.90

Creating an integrated historical record of extreme particulate air pollution events in Australian cities from 1994 to 2007. J Air Waste Manag Assoc (2011) 0.90

Air pollution from bushfires and their association with hospital admissions in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, Australia 1994-2007. Aust N Z J Public Health (2013) 0.89

A study of the use of free nicotine patches by Indigenous people. Aust N Z J Public Health (2003) 0.86

Television and delivery of health promotion programs to remote Aboriginal communities. Health Promot J Austr (2005) 0.85

Dental self-care and dietary characteristics of remote-living Indigenous children. Rural Remote Health (2006) 0.83

Cluster randomized controlled trials in primary care: an introduction. Eur J Gen Pract (2006) 0.83

Exploring the characteristics of the research workforce in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Aust N Z J Public Health (2008) 0.82

Pollen loads and allergic rhinitis in Darwin, Australia: a potential health outcome of the grass-fire cycle. Ecohealth (2009) 0.82

Early identification and preventive care for elevated cardiovascular disease risk within a remote Australian Aboriginal primary health care service. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.81

The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service. Med J Aust (2002) 0.81

Preventing growth faltering among Australian Indigenous children: implications for policy and practice. Med J Aust (2008) 0.80

Impact of income management on store sales in the Northern Territory. Med J Aust (2010) 0.77

The role of remote community stores in reducing the harm resulting from tobacco to Aboriginal people. Drug Alcohol Rev (2006) 0.77

National health workforce in discrete Indigenous communities. Aust N Z J Public Health (2004) 0.76

Clinical outcomes associated with changes in a chronic disease treatment program in an Australian Aboriginal community. Med J Aust (2006) 0.75

The Surgical Nosology In Primary-care Settings (SNIPS): a simple bridging classification for the interface between primary and specialist care. BMC Health Serv Res (2004) 0.75