ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2010
Desert dust exposure is associated with increased risk of asthma hospitalization in children.
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- Desert dust impacts on human health: an alarming worldwide reality and a need for studies in West Africa.International journal of biometeorology · 2013Pooled it
- Decreased pulmonary function in school children in Western Japan after exposures to Asian desert dusts and its association with interleukin-8.BioMed research international · 2015Trial
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- Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms in Children With Asthma: Knowledge, Perceptions and Practices of School Health Visitors in Cyprus.Nursing research and practice · 2025Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Wind Patterns and Hospital Admissions Due to Respiratory Symptoms in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Impact of Global Climate Change on Pulmonary Health: Susceptible and Vulnerable Populations.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Review
- Asian dust storms result in a higher risk of the silicosis hospital admissions.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2022Article
- Saharan Dust and Childhood Respiratory Symptoms in Benin.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Uncontrolled asthma and household environmental exposures in Puerto Rico.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2022Article
- Mechanisms underlying the health effects of desert sand dust.Environment international · 2021Review
- Association with Ambient Air Pollutants and School Absence Due to Sickness in Schoolchildren: A Case-Crossover Study in a Provincial Town of Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Positive Externalities of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Human Health: A Review and Conceptual Framework for Public Health Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- The MEDEA childhood asthma study design for mitigation of desert dust health effects: implementation of novel methods for assessment of air pollution exposure and lessons learned.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Investigating the effects of dust storms on morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Review
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Abstract
rationaleDesert dust particles, including quartz, which causes inflammatory responses in the airway in animal studies, are transported to widespread regions around the globe. Epidemiologically, areas impacted by desert dust storms, such as communities in the Middle East and the Caribbean, seem to have higher incidences of asthma than might be expected.
objectivesWe investigated the magnitude of association between airborne mineral dust concentration and hospitalization of children for asthma exacerbation by using Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) with a polarization analyzer for an exposure measurement, which can distinguish mineral dust particles from other particles.
methodsA case-crossover design was used. The exposure measurement was LIDAR's nonspherical extinction coefficient. The outcome measurement was hospitalization of children aged 1 to 15 years for asthma exacerbation in eight principal hospitals in Toyama, a local area in Japan bordering the Japan Sea, during February to April, 2005 to 2009. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsDuring the study period, there were 620 admissions for asthma exacerbation, and 6 days with a heavy dust event (daily mineral dust concentration > 0.1 mg/m(3)). Conditional logistic regression showed a statistically significant association between asthma hospitalization and a heavy dust event. The crude odds ratio (OR) of the heavy dust event for hospitalization on the day was 1.88 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-3.41; P = 0.037), and the OR of heavy dust event during the previous week was 1.83 (95% CI, 1.31-2.56; P = 0.00043). The OR adjusted by other air pollutant levels, pollen, and meteorological factors was 1.71 (95% CI, 1.18-2.48; P = 0.0050).
conclusionsHeavy dust events are associated with an increased risk of hospitalizations for asthma.
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