The Melbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma event 2016: an investigation of environmental triggers, effect on health services, and patient risk factors.

Thien, Francis; J Beggs, Paul; Csutoros, Danny; Darvall, Jai; Hew, Mark; M Davies, Janet; G Bardin, Philip; Bannister, Tony; Barnes, Sara; Bellomo, Rinaldo; Byrne, Timothy; Casamento, Andrew; Conron, Matthew; Cross, Anthony; Crosswell, Ashley; A Douglass, Jo; Durie, Matthew; Dyett, John; Ebert, Elizabeth; Erbas, Bircan; French, Craig; Gelbart, Ben; Gillman, Andrew; Harun, Nur-Shirin; Huete, Alfredo; Irving, Louis; Karalapillai, Dharshi; Ku, David; Lachapelle, Philippe; Langton, David; Lee, Joy; Looker, Clare; MacIsaac, Christopher; McCaffrey, Joseph; F McDonald, Christine; McGain, Forbes; Newbigin, Edward; O'Hehir, Robyn; Pilcher, David; Prasad, Shivonne; Rangamuwa, Kanishka; Ruane, Laurence; Sarode, Vineet; D Silver, Jeremy; Marie Southcott, Anne; Subramaniam, Ashwin; Suphioglu, Cenk; Harry Susanto, Nugroho; F Sutherland, Michael; Taori, Gopal

doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(18)30120-7

Public

The Melbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma event 2016: an investigation of environmental triggers, effect on health services, and patient risk factors.

Published in The Lancet. Planetary health • Jun 1, 2018

NobleIDark:/48914/w1/20260526/A00DBDA2Record on NobleID

Authors:

Francis Thien

,

Paul J Beggs

,

Danny Csutoros

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A multidisciplinary collaboration investigated the world's largest, most catastrophic epidemic thunderstorm asthma event that took place in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov 21, 2016, to inform mechanisms and preventive strategies. METHODS: Meteorological and airborne pollen data, satellite-d...

Discussions