The Hazelwood Health Study ceased operations on 30/6/2025. This website has been archived as a public record of the activities of the study, providing the community and other stakeholders with ongoing access to study findings. This archived website may contain references to activities that are no longer current.

Publications

2025

Holt, N. R., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Borg, B., Lane, T., Brown, D., Ikin, J., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Thomas, M., Nilsen, K., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2024). Lung function may recover after coal mine fire smoke exposure: A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 11(1), e002539. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002539

Yu, P., Gao, C. X., Smith, C. L., Loi, S., Kinsman, N., Ikin, J. F., Guo, Y., Sim, M. R., Abramson, M. J., & Lane, T. J. (2024). Cancer incidence after an open cut coal mine fire. Cancer Epidemiology, 92, 102651. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2024.102651

Lane, T. J., Carroll, M., Borg, B. M., McCaffrey, T. A., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Brown, D., Johnson, A., Poland, D., Allgood, S., Ikin, J., & Abramson, M. J. (2025). Respiratory symptoms after coalmine fire and pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the Hazelwood Health Study adult cohort. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(1), e0004186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004186

Forjaz, M. J., Ayala, A., Schutte, L., Wissing, M. P., Temane, Q. M., Campbell, T. C. H., & Carroll, M. T. C. (2025). Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the Community Wellbeing Index: A multicountry validation study. Social Indicators Research, 179, 47-66. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03593-y

2024

Stanojevic, S. (2024). Sensitive outcome measures to detect the association between PM2.5 and lung function impairment. Respirology, 29(12), 1015-1016. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14844

McCrabb, T., Borg, B., Gao, C. X., Smith, C., O'Sullivan, C. F., Brown, D., Ikin, J., Makar, A., Lane, T. J., Abramson, M. J., & Thompson, B. R. (2024). Ventilation heterogeneity is increased in adults exposed to coal mine fire-related PM2.5Respirology, 29(12), 1058-1066. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14817; a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is also available at https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.08.23291105

Lane, T. J., Smith, C. L, Gao, C. X., Ikin, J. F., Xu, R., Carroll, M. T. C., Nehme, E., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2024). Long-term effects of a coalmine fire on hospital and ambulance use: An interrupted time series study. Environmental Research, 261, 119693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119693

Lane, T. J., Yu, P., Gao, C. X., Smith, C. L., Loi, S., Kinsman, N., Ikin, J. F., Guo, Y., Sim, M. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2024). Survival among cancer patients after a coalmine fire: Analysis of registry data in regional Victoria, Australia. medRxiv. This is a pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper available at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.19.24307600

Hemstock, E. J., Bigaran, A., Allgood, S., Wheeler, A. J., Dalton, M., Williamson, G. J., Gao, C. X., Abramson, M. J., Negishi, K., Johnston, F. H., Zosky, G. R., (2024). Increased vascular stiffness in children exposed in utero but not children exposed postnatally to emissions from a coal mine fire. Environmental Epidemiology, 8(3), e309. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000309

Govindaraju, T., Man, M., Owen, A. J., Carroll, M., Borg, B. M., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Brown, D., Poland, D., Allgood, S., Ikin, J. F., Abramson, M. J., McCaffrey, T. A., & Lane, T. J. (2024). Does diet quality moderate the long-term effects of discrete but extreme PM2.5 exposure on respiratory symptoms? A study of the Hazelwood coalmine fire. Environmental Research, 252(Part 3), 119014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119014; a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is also available at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.23.24301688

Hemstock, E. J., Foong, R. E., Hall, G. L., Wheeler, A. J., Dharmage, S. C., Dalton, M., Williamson, G. J., Gao, C. X., Abramson, M. J., Johnston, F. H., & Zosky, G. R. (2024). Lung function changes in children exposed to mine fire smoke in infancy. Respirology. 29(4), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14657

Kress, S., Lane, T. J., Brown, D., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., McCrabb, T., Thomas, M., Borg, B. M., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2024). Association between PM2.5 from a coal mine fire and FeNO concentration 7.5 years later. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 24, 272. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03075-w; a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is also available at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4091744/v1

Jersmann, H. P. A. (2024) This time the canary is the coal mine. Respirology, 29(1), 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14622

2023

Ziou, M., Gao, C. X., Wheeler, A. J., Zosky, G. R., Stephens, N., Knibbs, L. D., Williamson, G. J., Dalton, M. F., Dharmage, S. C., & Johnston, F. H. (2023). Exposure to air pollution concentrations of various intensities in early life and allergic sensitisation later in childhood. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 23(1), 516. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02815-8

Ziou, M., Gao, C. X., Wheeler, A. J., Zosky, G. R., Stephens, N., Knibbs, L. D., Melody, S. M., Venn, A. J., Dalton, M. F., Dharmage, S. C., & Johnston, F. H. (2023). Contrasting health outcomes following a severe smoke episode and ambient air pollution in early life: Findings from an Australian data linkage cohort study of hospital utilization. Environmental Health Perspectives, 131(11), 117005. www.ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/abs/10.1289/EHP12238

Carroll, M. T. C., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Lane, T. J., Maybery, D., Berger, E., Brown, D., Ikin, J., Abramson, M. J., Duffy, M., Morgan, D., Walker, L., & Yell, S. (2023). Predictors of residents’ perspectives on the wellbeing of their community in the aftermath of a prolonged coalmine fire. Open Science Framework. This is a pre-print version (not peer reviewed) available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vt56g

Duffy, M., Yell, S., Walker, L., Morgan, D. & Carroll, M. (2023) The social justice issues of smoke im/mobilities. Australian Geographer, 54(4), 573-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2023.2256595

Maybery, D., Berger, E., Dipnall, J. F., Campbell, T. C. H., & Carroll, M. (2023) Posttraumatic stress among school students following the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 33(3), 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2023.2228240

Lane, T. J., Carroll, M., Borg, B. M., McCaffrey, T. A., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Brown, D., Poland, D., Allgood, S., Ikin, J., & Abramson, M. J. (2023). Long-term effects of extreme smoke exposure on COVID-19: A cohort study. Respirology. 29(1), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14591

Ziou, M., Gao, C. X., Wheeler, A. J., Zosky, G. R., Stephens, N., Knibbs, L. D., Williamson, G. J., Melody, S. H., Venn, A. J., Dalton, M. F., Dharmage, S. C., & Johnston, F. H. (2023). Primary and pharmaceutical care usage concurrent associations with a severe smoke episode and low ambient air pollution in early life. Science of The Total Environment, 883, 163580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163580

Gao, C. X., Menssink, J., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Ikin, J. F., Lane, T., Abramson, M. J., & Carroll, M. (2023). Somatic symptoms, psychological distress and trauma after disasters: Lessons from the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire and 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires. BMC Public Health, 23, 1573. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16501-1

Gao, C. X., Broder, J. C., Brilleman, S., Campbell, T. C. H., Berger, E., Ikin, J., Smith, C. L., Wolfe, R., Johnston, F., Guo, Y., & Carroll, M. (2023). Evaluating the impact of Hazelwood mine fire event on students’ educational development with Bayesian interrupted time-series hierarchical meta-regression. PLoS ONE, 18(3), e0281655. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281655

Hemstock, E. J., Foong, R. E., Hall, G. L., Wheeler, A. J., Dharmage, S. C., Dalton, M., Williamson, G. J., Gao, C., Abramson, M. J., Johnston, F. H., & Zosky, G. R. (2023). No association between in utero exposure to emissions from a coalmine fire and post-natal lung function. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 23, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02414-7

Sheppard, N., Carroll, M., Gao, C. X., & Lane, T. (2023). Particulate matter air pollution and COVID-19 infection, severity, and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 880, 163272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163272

Smith, C. L., Campbell, T. C. H., Gao, C. X., Lane, T. J., Maybery, D., Berger, E., Brown, D., Ikin, J. F., McFarlane, A., Abramson, M. J., & Carroll, M. (2023). Sociodemographic circumstances, health, and life experience shape posttraumatic distress trajectories among individuals exposed to smoke during a large-scale coal mine fire. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(2), 465-473. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22923

Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Xu, R., Ikin, J. F., Dimitriadis, C., Carroll, M. T. C., Sim, M. R., Stub, D., Lane, T. J., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2023). Long-term impact of the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire on emergency department presentations in Australia. Environmental Research, 223, 115440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115440

2022

Ziou, M., Tham, R., Wheeler, A. J., Zosky, G. R., Stephens, N., & Johnston, F. H. (2022). Outdoor particulate matter exposure and upper respiratory tract infections in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Research, 210, 112969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112969

O'Donohue, K. A., Berger, E., McLean, L., Gao, C. X., Broder, J. C., Abramson, M. J., Sim, M. R., Ikin, J., Brown, D., Dimitriadis, C., Walker, J., & Carroll, M. (2022). The psychological impacts of a smoke event on young adults compared to other aged adults in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 70, 102727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102727

Mundisugih, J., Gao, C., Ikin, J., Abramson, M., Brown, D., Biswas, S., Dewar, E., Kilpatrick, K., Liew, D., & Stub, D. (2022). Vascular responses among adults exposed to smoke from the Hazelwood coal mine fire. Vascular Health and Risk Management, 18, 253-265. https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S339439

Carroll, M., Gao, C. X., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Dimitriadis, C., Berger, E., Maybery, D., Ikin, J., Abramson, M. J., Sim, M. R., McFarlane, A., Smith, K., & Guo, Y. (2022). Impacts of coal mine fire-related PM2.5 on the utilisation of ambulance and hospital services for mental health conditions. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13(5), 101415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101415

Carroll, M., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Maybery, D., Berger, E., Brown, D., Allgood, S., Broder, J. C., Ikin, J., McFarlane, A., Sim, M. R., Walker, J., & Abramson, M. J. (2022). An exploration of the trajectory of psychological distress associated with exposure to smoke during the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 241, 113946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113946

Taylor, S., Borg, B., Gao, C., Brown, D., Hoy, R., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Ikin, J. F., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2022). The impact of the Hazelwood coal mine fire smoke exposure on asthma. Journal of Asthma, 59(2), 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2020.1847931 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription); a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is freely available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/631317v1

Xu, R., Gao, C. X., Dimitriadis, C., Smith, C. L., Carroll, M. T. C., Ikin, J. F., Johnston, F. H., Sim, M. R., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2022). Long-term impacts of coal mine fire emitted PM2.5 on hospitalization: A longitudinal analysis of the Hazelwood Health Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(1), 179-190. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab249

2021

Berger, E., Gao, C., Broder, J., Campbell, T., Maybery, D., & Carroll, M. (2021). The impact of a mine fire and smoke event on academic outcomes for primary and secondary school students. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(2), 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001179 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription); a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is freely available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/unms5

Carroll, M., Gao, C. X., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Dimitriadis, C., Berger, E., Maybery, D., Ikin, J., Abramson, M., Sim, M., McFarlane, A., Smith, K., & Guo, Y. (2021). Impacts of coal mine fire-related PM2.5 on the utilisation of ambulance and hospital services for mental health conditions. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13(3), 101415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101415; a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is also available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hgv7t

Broder, J. C., Gao, C. X., Abramson, M. J., Wolfe, R., Dimitriadis, C., Ikin, J., Sim, M. R., Del Monaco, A., Johnston, F. H., Carroll, M., Brown, D., Smith, K., & Guo, Y. (2021). Long-term impact of exposure to coalmine fire emitted PM2.5 on emergency ambulance attendances. Chemosphere, 288, 132339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132339

Samuel, R., Carroll, M. T. C., Ikin, J. F., Gao, C. X., Del Monaco, A., McFarlane, A., Berger, E., Maybery, D., Broder, J., Brown, D., Sim, M. R., Walker, J., & Abramson, M. J. (2022). Associations between self-reported respiratory symptoms and non-specific psychological distress following exposure to a prolonged landscape fire. Stress and Health, 38(2), 364-374. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3097 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Yu, P., Guo, Y., Gao, C. X., Dimitriadis, C., Ikin, J. F., Del Monaco, A., Brown, D., Sim, M. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2021). Impacts of high concentration, medium duration coal mine fire related PM2.5 on cancer incidence: 5-year follow-up of the Hazelwood Health Study. Environmental Health Insights, 15(1), 11786302211059722. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302211059722

Carroll, M., Campbell, T. C. H., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Maybery, D., Berger, E., Brown, D., Allgood, S., Broder, J., Ikin, J., McFarlane, A., Sim, M., Walker, J., & Abramson, M. (2021). An exploration of the trajectory of psychological distress associated with exposure to smoke during the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tz5c4; please note, in 2022, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113946

Holt, N. R., Gao, C. X., Borg, B. M., Brown, D., Broder, J. C., Ikin, J., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Nilsen, K., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2021). Long-term impact of coal mine fire smoke on lung mechanics in exposed adults. Respirology, 26(9), 861-868. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14102; please note, an editorial in relation to this paper has also been published in Respirology, at https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14127

Dimitriadis, C., Gao, C. X., Ikin, J. F., Wolfe, R., Gabbe, B. J., Sim, M. R., Abramson, M. J., Guo, Y. (2021) Exposure to mine fire related particulate matter and mortality: A time series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study, Chemosphere, 285, 31351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131351

Lee, W. K., Smith, C. L., Gao, C. X., Borg, B. M., Nilsen, K., Brown, D., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2021). Are e-cigarette use and vaping associated with increased respiratory symptoms and poorer lung function in a population exposed to smoke from a coal mine fire? Respirology, 26(10), 974-981. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14113 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Hemstock, E. J., Shao, J., Zhao, B., Hall, G. L., Wheeler, A. J., Dharmage, S. C., Melody, S. M., Dalton, M. F., Foong, R. E., Williamson, G. J., Chappell, K. J., Abramson, M. J., Negishi, K., Johnston, F. H., & Zosky, G. R. (2021). Associations between respiratory and vascular function in early childhood. Respirology, 26(11), 1060-1066. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14117 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Gao, C. X., Broder, J. C., Brilleman, S., Berger, E., Ikin, J., Smith, C. L., Campbell, T. C. H., Wolfe, R., Johnston, F., Guo, Y., & Carroll, M. (2021). Evaluating the impact of Hazelwood mine fire event on students’ educational development with Bayesian interrupted time-series hierarchical meta-regression. medRxivhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.28.21254516; please note, in 2023, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed journal PLoS ONE at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281655

Betts, J., Dewar, E. M., Stub, D., Gao, C. X., Brown, D. W., Ikin, J. F., Zeleke, B. M., Biswas, S., Abramson, M. J., & Liew, D. (2021). Markers of cardiovascular disease among adults exposed to smoke from the Hazelwood coal mine fire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041587

2020

Berger, E., Maybery, D., & Carroll, M. (2020). Children’s perspectives on the impact of the Hazelwood mine fire and subsequent smoke event. Child & Youth Care Forum, 49, 707-724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-020-09551-8 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Prasad, S., Gao, C., Borg, B., Broder, J., Brown, D., Ikin, J., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Hoy, R., Thompson, B., & Abramson, M. J. (2020). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in adults exposed to fine particles from a coal mine fire. medRxivhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.20213033; please note, in 2021, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society at https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202012-1544OC

Betts, J. M., Gao, C., Brown, D., Ikin, J., Maniam, R., Stub, D., Abramson, M. J., & Liew, D. (2020). Factors associated with hypertension and its management among older rural Australians. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12634 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Holt, N. R., Gao, C. X., Borg, B. M., Brown, D., Broder, J. C., Ikin, J., Makar, A., McCrabb, T., Nilsen, K., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2020). Long term impact of coal mine fire smoke on lung mechanics in exposed adults. medRxivhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.20213009; please note, in 2021, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed journal Respirology at https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14102

Willis, G. A., Chappell, K., Williams, S., Melody, S. M., Wheeler, A., Dalton, M., Dharmage, S. C., Zosky, G. R., & Johnston, F. H. (2020). Respiratory and atopic conditions in children two to four years after the 2014 Hazelwood coalmine fire. Medical Journal of Australia, 213(6), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50719

Gao, C. X., Dimitriadis, C., Ikin, J., Dipnall, J. F., Wolfe, R., Sim, M. R., Smith, K., Cope, M., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2020). Impact of exposure to mine fire emitted PM2.5 on ambulance attendances: A time series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. Environmental Research, 196, 110402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110402

Melody, S. M., Wheeler, A. J., Dalton, M., Williamson, G. J., Negishi, K., Willis, G., Shao, J., Zhao, B., Chappell, K., Wills, K., Reeves, M., Emmerson, K. M., Ford, J., Dennekamp, M., Foong, R. E., Abramson, M. J., Ikin, J., Walker, J., Venn, A., Dharmage, S., Hall, G., Zosky, G., & Johnston, F. (2020). Cohort profile: The Hazelwood Health Study Latrobe Early Life Follow-Up (ELF) Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(6), 1779-1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa136

Owen, A. J., Abramson, M. J., Ikin, J. F., McCaffrey, T. A., Pomeroy, S., Borg, B. M., Gao, C. X., Brown, D., & Liew, D. (2020). Recommended intake of key food groups and cardiovascular risk factors in Australian older, rural-dwelling adults. Nutrients, 12(3), 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030860

Broder, J. C., Gao, C. X., Campbell, T. C. H., Berger, E., Maybery, D., McFarlane, A., Tsoutsoulis, J., Ikin, J. F., Abramson, M. J., Sim, M. R., Walker, J., A, L., & Carroll, M. (2020). The factors associated with distress following exposure to smoke from an extended coal mine fire. Environmental Pollution, 266(Part 2), 115131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115131; a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is also available at https://psyarxiv.com/a82fm

Maybery, D., Jones, R., Dipnall, J. F., Berger, E., Campbell, T., McFarlane, A., & Carroll, M. (2020). A mixed-methods study of psychological distress following an environmental catastrophe: The case of the Hazelwood open-cut coalmine fire in Australia. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 33(2), 216-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1695523 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription); a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is freely available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rw657

Luhar, A. K., Emmerson, K. M., Reisen, F., Williamson, G. J., & Cope, M. E. (2020). Modelling smoke distribution in the vicinity of a large and prolonged fire from an open-cut coal mine. Atmospheric Environment, 229, 117471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117471

Ikin, J. F., Carroll, M., Walker, J., Borg, B., Brown, D., Cope, M., Del Monaco, A., Dennekamp, M., Dimitriadis, C., Gao, C. X., Guo, Y., Johnston, F. H., Liew, D., Maybery, D., Thompson, B. R., Sim, M. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2020). Cohort profile: The Hazelwood Health Study Adult Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(6), 1777-1778. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa083

Guo, Y., Gao, C. X., Dennekamp, M., Dimitriadis, C., Straney, L., Ikin, J., & Abramson, M. J. (2020). The association of coal mine fire smoke with hospital emergency presentations and admissions: Time series analysis of Hazelwood Health Study. Chemosphere, 253, 126667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126667

Shao, J., Zosky, G. R., Hall, G. L., Wheeler, A. J., Dharmage, S., Melody, S., Dalton, M., Foong, R. E., O'Sullivan, T., Williamson, G. J., Chappell, K., Abramson, M. J., & Johnston, F. H. (2020). Early life exposure to coal mine fire smoke emissions and altered lung function in young children. Respirology, 25(2), 198-205. https://doi.org.10.1111/resp.13617 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Shao, J., Zosky, G. R., Wheeler, A. J., Dharmage, S., Dalton, M., Williamson, G. J., O’Sullivan, T., Chappell, K., Knibbs, L. D., & Johnston, F. H. (2020). Exposure to air pollution during the first 1000 days of life and subsequent health service and medication usage in children. Environmental Pollution, 256, 113340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113340

2019

Johnson, A. L., Gao, C. X., Dennekamp, M., Williamson, G. J., Brown, D., Carroll, M. T. C., Ikin, J. F., Del Monaco, A., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2019). Associations between respiratory health outcomes and coal mine fire PM2.5 smoke exposure: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4262. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214262

Zhao, B., Johnston, F. H., Dalton, M., & Negishi, K. (2019). Feasibility and normal ranges of arterial intima-media thickness and stiffness in 2-year-old children: A pilot study. Pediatric Cardiology, 40(5), 914-920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-019-02088-1 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Zhao, B., Johnston, F. H., O’Sullivan, T., Williamson, G. J., Melody, S., Dalton, M., Venn, A., & Negishi, K. (2019). Early life exposure to coal mine fire and tobacco smoke affect subclinical vascular function. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(6), 539-544. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317528 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription)

Johnson, A. L., Gao, C. X., Dennekamp, M., Williamson, G. J., Carroll, M. T. C., Dimitriadis, C., Dipnall, J. F., Ikin, J. F., Johnston, F. H., McFarlane, A. C., Sim, M. R., Stub, D. A., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2019). Coal-mine fire-related fine particulate matter and medical-service utilization in Australia: A time-series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(1), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz219

Melody, S. M., Ford, J. B., Wills, K., Venn, A., & Johnston, F. H. (2019). Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter from a large coal mine fire is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study. Environmental Research, 183, 108956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108956

Melody, S. M., Ford, J., Wills, K., Venn, A., & Johnston, F. H. (2019). Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter from a coal mine fire and birth outcomes in Victoria, Australia. Environment International, 127, 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.028

Taylor, S., Borg, B., Gao, C., Brown, D., Hoy, R., Makar, A., McCabb,T., Ikin, J., Thompson, B. R., & Abramson, M. J. (2019). Is asthma associated with exposure to smoke from a coal mine fire? Biorxivhttps://doi.org/10.1101/631317; please note, in 2022, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed Journal of Asthma at https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2020.1847931

Maybery, D., Carroll, M., Berger, E., Dipnall, J., & Lee, S. (2019). The psychological impact and experiences of children following the Hazelwood mine fire and subsequent smoke event. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rw657; please note, in 2020, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently revised and published in the peer reviewed Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, available by paid subscription at https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2023.2228240

Johnson, A. L., Dipnall, J. F., Dennekamp, M., Williamson, G. J., Gao, C. X., Carroll, M. T. C., Dimitriadis, C., Ikin, J. F., Johnston, F. H., McFarlane, A. C., Sim, M. R., Stub, D. A., Abramson, M. J., & Guo, Y. (2019). Fine particulate matter exposure and medication dispensing during and after a coal mine fire: A time series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. Environmental Pollution, 246, 1027-1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.085

Maybery, D., Jones, R., Carroll, M., Dipnall, J., Berger, E., Campbell, T. C. H., & McFarlane, A. (2019). Psychological outcomes following the Hazelwood mine fire: A mixed methods study. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/euj96; please note, in 2020, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently revised and published in the peer reviewed journal Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, available by paid subscription at https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1695523

2018

Berger, E., Carroll, M., Maybery, D., & Harrison, D. (2018). Disaster impacts on students and staff from a specialist, trauma-informed Australian school. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 11(4), 521-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-018-0228-6 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription); a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-018-0228-6

Berger, E., Carroll, M., & Maybery, D. (2018). Children’s perspectives on the impact of the Hazelwood mine fire and subsequent smoke event. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8mhxf; please note, in 2020, this pre-print (not peer reviewed) paper was subsequently published in the peer reviewed journal Child and Youth Forum, available by paid subscription at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-020-09551-8

Jones, R., Lee, S., Maybery, D., & McFarlane, A. (2018). Experiences of a prolonged coal-mine fire. Disaster Prevention and Management, 27(5), 534-545. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2018-0145 (please note, this article is only available from the journal by paid subscription); a pre-print (not peer reviewed) version is freely available at https://researchmgt.monash.edu/ws/portalfiles/portal/252507394/252145312_oa.pdf


2017

Yell, S., & Duffy, M. (2017). Community empowerment and trust: Social media use during the Hazelwood mine fire. Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, 33(2), 66-70. https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/ielapa.589223208133521

Duffy, M., & Whyte, S. (2017). The Latrobe Valley: The politics of loss and hope in a region of transition. The Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 23(3), 421-446. https://www.anzrsai.org/assets/Uploads/PublicationChapter/AJRS-23.3-pages-421-to-446.pdf

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Acknowledgement to Country

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land where our Study teams are based, particularly the Gunaikurnai peoples of Gippsland.