The Association between Dust Storms and Daily Non-Accidental Mortality in the United States, 1993–2005 | Zendy

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The Association between Dust Storms and Daily Non-Accidental Mortality in the United States, 1993–2005

Author(s) -

James Crooks,

Wayne E. Cascio,

Madelyn S. Percy,

Jeanette Reyes,

Lucas Neas,

Elizabeth D. Hilborn

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp216

Subject(s) - storm , context (archaeology) , demography , population , environmental health , geography , medicine , meteorology , archaeology , sociology

The impact of dust storms on human health has been studied in the context of Asian, Saharan, Arabian, and Australian storms, but there has been no recent population-level epidemiological research on the dust storms in North America. The relevance of dust storms to public health is likely to increase as extreme weather events are predicted to become more frequent with anticipated changes in climate through the 21st century.

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