ReviewEnvironmental health insights2021
Global Health Impacts of Dust Storms: A Systematic Review.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Infectious Diseases Associated with Desert Dust Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- New approaches to uncover COPD pathobiology and develop therapies.JCI insight · 2026Review
- Desert Sand and Dust Storms and Desert Dust Episodes: Major Patterns to be Accounted for to Protect the Health of Exposed Population: A Review.ACS ES&T air · 2025Review
- Prevalence and risk factors for the development of COPD among workers in stone quarries: a cross-sectional study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Cell Death and Proliferation Variability Caused by Different Dust Clay Minerals Using the Single-Cell Method.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- Analyzing cardiovascular disease hospitalization risks due to cold and heat waves in Dezful.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Physiological equivalent temperature and hospitalized due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Dezful, Iran.Heliyon · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal clusters of acute respiratory infections associated with socioeconomic, meteorological, and air pollution factors in South Punjab, Pakistan.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Sand and dust storms: a growing global health threat calls for international health studies to support policy action.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2025Review
- Exposure to climate-related stressors undermines mental health in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mitigation strategies of healthcare centers for dust hazard: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
- Low-Cost Sensor Network for Air Quality Assessment in Cabo Verde Islands.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2024Article
- Association between Long-Term Exposure to PMEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- Identifying mitigation strategies of comprehensive health centers against dust hazard: a qualitative study in Iran.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The Influence of Climate, Atmospheric Pollution, and Natural Disasters on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus in Drylands: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Association between cognitive function and dusty weather: a propensity score matching study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Mortality risks from a spectrum of causes associated with sand and dust storms in China.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDust 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.
methodIn this systematic review, 140 relevant and authoritative English articles on the impacts of dust storms on health (up to September 2019) were identified and extracted from 28 968 articles using valid keywords from various databases (PubMed, WOS, EMBASE, and Scopus) and multiple screening steps. Selected papers were then qualitatively examined and evaluated. Evaluation results were summarized using an Extraction Table.
resultsThe results of the study are divided into two parts: short and long-term impacts of dust storms. Short-term impacts include mortality, visitation, emergency medical dispatch, hospitalization, increased symptoms, and decreased pulmonary function. Long-term impacts include pregnancy, cognitive difficulties, and birth problems. Additionally, this study shows that dust storms have devastating impacts on health, affecting cardiovascular and respiratory health in particular.
conclusionThe findings of this study show that dust storms have significant public health impacts. More attention should be paid to these natural hazards to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate these hazardous events to reduce their negative health impacts.Registration: PROSPERO registration number CRD42018093325.
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