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Review
. 2006 Feb;63(2):149-56, 125.
doi: 10.1136/oem.2005.022459.

The health hazards of volcanoes and geothermal areas

A L Hansell  1 , C J Horwell, C Oppenheimer
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Review

The health hazards of volcanoes and geothermal areas

A L Hansell et al. Occup Environ Med. 2006 Feb.
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References

    1. Buist S, Bernstein R. eds. Health effects of volcanoes: an approach to evaluating the health effects of an environmental hazard. Am J Public Health (Supplement) 198676The entire supplement is devoted to the Mount St Helens eruption in 1980 and includes sections on disaster planning, mental health effects, as well as a detailed description of the health impacts of the eruption. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Francis P, Oppenheimer C.Volcanoes. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004An approachable undergraduate geology textbook, which demystifies the terminology and provides detailed descriptions of the volcanic eruptions referred to in this article. Chapter 18, Reducing volcanic risks, is particularly relevant to a reader from a health background.
    1. Sigurdsson H. ed. Encyclopedia of volcanoes. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 20001035–1043.This book is a comprehensive reference source on volcanoes for the general and scientific reader. There is a chapter on health impacts of eruptions by the leading world expert on health hazards of volcanoes, Dr Peter Baxter, on pages 1035–43.
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    1. Hansell A, Oppenheimer C. Health hazards from volcanic gases: a systematic literature review. Arch Environ Health. In press Critical review of all health studies of volcanic gases, including published scientific papers identified from three biomedical and two geological databases, and unpublished reports. - PubMed

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