Medication use in populations exposed to the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the trends in medication use indicative of physical and psychological morbidity following the 2010 volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull immediately after and during a 3-year period following the eruption.

Design

Population-based register study.

Setting

Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland, 2007-2013.

Participants

All residents in Iceland who received at least one medication dispensing were identified. Residents of exposed areas were classified into exposure groups (individual-level data) and residents in other parts of Iceland were included as a non-exposed group (aggregated data).

Intervention/exposure

Eyjafjallajökull erupted on 14 April 2010 and continued for 39 days, producing heavy ash fall in South Iceland.

Main outcome mea

SUBMITTER: Guðmundsdottir RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature