ReviewEnvironment international2021
Mechanisms underlying the health effects of desert sand dust.
Review in Environment international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dirty Earth, Diseased Hearts: Soil, Water, and Plastic Pollution in the Cardiovascular Exposome.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Assessment of bentonite, zeolite, and sodium alginate for soil stabilization in dust hotspots.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in battlefield and beyond: Implications for environmental- and human health.Toxicology reports · 2026Review
- Exploring Emerging Trends in Climate Change's Impacts on the Cardiopulmonary Health of Adults Living in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland: Preliminary Autumn and Winter Results from a Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Kawasaki disease and outdoor environmental stressors: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 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
- Mouse pulmonary pathological characteristics induced by Asian-mineral dust transported with Coniothyrium fuckelii at a high altitude of 2,000 meters.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dust air pollution and hospital visits for respiratory, cardiovascular, and eye diseases in Eastern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Influence of Saharan Dust Intrusions on Respiratory Medication Dispensing.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Air Pollution and Global Pediatric Pneumococcal Disease.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- A comprehensive review/expert statement on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease.Cardiovascular research · 2025Review
- Models to evaluate the pulmonary toxicity of desert dust and what we have learned from them so far: a mini-review.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Exposure to respirable desert dust entering indoors prompts quick oxidative-stress and inflammatory responses in the airways of chronic heart failure patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Investigating the Oxidative Potential andACS ES&T air · 2025Article
- Preventive Effects of Vanillic Acid Against Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Induced by Dust Particles in Wistar Rats.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- 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
- Physicochemical Properties and Bioreactivity of Sub-10 μm Geogenic Particles: Comparison of Volcanic Ash and Desert Dust.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Potential of Herbal Medicines in Combating Particulate Matter (PM)-Induced Health Effects: Insights from Recent Studies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Desertification and climate change indicate a future expansion of the global area of dry land and an increase in the risk of drought. Humans may therefore be at an ever-increasing risk of frequent exposure to, and resultant adverse health effects of desert sand dust. This review appraises a total of 52 experimental studies that have sought to identify mechanisms and intermediate endpoints underlying epidemiological evidence of an impact of desert dust on cardiovascular and respiratory health. Toxicological studies, in main using doses that reflect or at least approach real world exposures during a dust event, have demonstrated that virgin sand dust particles and dust storm particles sampled at remote locations away from the source induce inflammatory lung injury and aggravate allergen-induced nasal and pulmonary eosinophilia. Effects are orchestrated by cytokines, chemokines and antigen-specific immunoglobulin potentially via toll-like receptor/myeloid differentiation factor signaling pathways. Findings suggest that in addition to involvement of adhered chemical and biological pollutants, mineralogical components may also be implicated in the pathogenesis of human respiratory disorders during a dust event. Whilst comparisons with urban particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM
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