The Chief Health Officer's report documents the nature and impacts of the epidemic thunderstorm asthma event and forms a pillar in the Department of Health and Human Services' response to plan and prepare for similar future events across Victoria. It also provides useful information and forewarning for others around Australia and the world that an epidemic thunderstorm asthma event can occur on such a scale.
The November 2016 Victorian epidemic thunderstorm asthma event: an assessment of the health impacts
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- Date published
- 31 Mar 2017
Reviewed 03 September 2024