No Consistent Link Between Dust Storms and Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis) [PDF]
GeoHealth, 2021 Dust storms, such as those associated with haboobs and strong regional winds, are frequently assumed to cause increases in cases of Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis). The disease is caused by inhaling arthroconidia of Coccidioides fungi that, after being
Andrew Comrie
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Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness [PDF]
GeoHealth, 2022 We discuss several issues raised by Comrie (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000504), which uses a crowdsourced data set to study dust storms and coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever).
Daniel Q. Tong +5 more
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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran [PDF]
Environmental Health Insights, 2021 Background: Despite the fact that Iran has been exposed to severe dust storms during the past 2 decades, few studies have investigated the health effects of these events in Iran.
Hamidreza Aghababaeian +7 more
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Global Health Impacts of Dust Storms: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Environmental Health Insights, 2021 Background: Dust storms and their impacts on health are becoming a major public health issue. The current study examines the health impacts of dust storms around the world to provide an overview of this issue.
Hamidreza Aghababaeian +6 more
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Associations Between Dust Storms and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000–2015 [PDF]
GeoHealth, 2020 Anthropogenic climate change is influencing the incidence of dust storms and associated human exposure to coarse particulate matter (PM2.5–10) in the United States. Studies have found adverse health consequences related to dust exposure.
C. S. Rublee +6 more
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Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2017 This study deals with the phenomena of dust storms in Iraq based on the data recorded by the Iraqi Organization for three stations which are: Mosul, Baghdad, and Nasiriyah.
S. A. Hassn, A. Jamil
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Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric [PDF]
Environmental Research: HealthClimate change is projected to increase the risk of dust storms, particularly in subtropical dryland, including the southwestern US. Research on dust storm’s health impacts in the US is limited and hindered by challenges in dust storm identification ...
Claire Rowan +7 more
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Health Impact Assessment Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Dust Storms in Kuwait
Atmosphere, 2018 Little information is available on the assessment of health impact concerning the Middle Eastern dust storms and PM10 concentration levels despite the aridity of the region and frequent dust storms occurring in this part of the world. A prospective study
Ali Al-Hemoud, Ali Al-Dousari
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The damage cost of dust storms on roads in the Sistan region during 2017-2019 [PDF]
مخاطرات محیط طبیعی, 2021 Dust storms are natural hazards that cause economic and social damage in the Sistan region. Because the investigation of the impacts of dust storms in all aspects is difficult, in this study a part of the impacts of dust storms was assessed and ...
Omolbanin Shahreki Kaftargi +3 more
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Iraqi Geological Journal, 2021 This study's main objective is to examine the impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on dust storms in Iraq and trying to find a reasonable synoptic explanation of this relationship.
Al-Qadi, Tagreed Ahmed +2 more
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