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ArticleThe Medical journal of Australia2024

Wood heater smoke and mortality in the Australian Capital Territory: a rapid health impact assessment.

Sotiris Vardoulakis, Fay H Johnston, Nigel Goodman, Geoffrey G Morgan, Dorothy L Robinson

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Article in The Medical journal of Australia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sotiris VardoulakisNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.ORCID 0000-0003-3944-7128
Fay H JohnstonHealthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.ORCID 0000-0002-5150-8678
Nigel GoodmanNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Geoffrey G MorganHealthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Dorothy L RobinsonHealthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

Funding

Asthma AustraliaNational Health and Medical Research Council 2008937National Health and Medical Research Council 2015584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo estimate the number of deaths and the cost of deaths attributable to wood heater smoke in the Australian Capital Territory. STUDY

designRapid health impact assessment, based on fine particulate matter (PM

settingAustralian Capital Territory (population, 2021: 454 000), 2016-2018, 2021, and 2022 (2019 and 2020 excluded because of the impact of extreme bushfires on air quality).

main outcome measuresProportion of PM

resultsWood heater emissions contributed an estimated 1.16-1.73 μg/m

conclusionsThe estimated annual number of deaths in the ACT attributable to wood heater PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionAustraliaAustralian Capital TerritoryEnvironmental ExposureHealth Impact AssessmentHumansParticulate MatterSmokeWoodAir PollutantsParticulate MatterSmokeAir pollutantsClimate changeEnvironmental policyEnvironmental pollutionPublic health

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PMID38030130
PMCPMC10952137

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