Articles / Bushfire smoke, asthma, lung disease and masks – BREATHE, a new research study this summer
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Respiratory Physician; Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician; Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW and South Western Sydney Clinical School; Senior Principal Research Fellow; Head of the Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology group, Woolcock Institute
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Unprecedented bushfires in the black summer of 2019-2020 probably caused at least 400 excess deaths and thousands of hospital admissions for cardiac and respiratory health effects of bushfire smoke. During the fires, many people attempted to protect themselves from the smoke by wearing face masks but there is no published evidence on their efficacy for this purpose.
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Respiratory Physician; Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician; Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW and South Western Sydney Clinical School; Senior Principal Research Fellow; Head of the Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology group, Woolcock Institute
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