Bushfire smoke (PM2.5) and asthma hospitalisations in Australia WA 2015-2017
A population-based study in WA analysing hospital admissions in Perth in 2015-2017 and smoke exposure using a model tracking PM2.5 levels during 1700 bushfires and burn offs found that following exposure to high PM2.5 (12.60 mcg/m3 or higher) there was: – 16% (RR 1.16, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.35) increase in hospital admissions on the…