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Bush-fire smoke linked to hundreds of deaths

The first study to estimate health effects from Australia’s extreme fires suggests that several thousand extra people were admitted to hospital.
  1. John Pickrell
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Researchers estimate that smoke pollution probably killed more than 400 people during the unprecedented bush fires across southeast Australia from November to February. Thirty-three people were killed in incidents directly related to the fires.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00886-9

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  1. Borchers Arriagada, N. et al. Med. J. Aust. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50545 (2020).

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