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Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric.
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- Dust Storms and Emergency Department Visits in 3 Southwestern States Using NWS Storm Reports.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Valley Fever: Fine Mineral Dust Modeling Points to High-Risk Regions and Seasons in California.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
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Climate 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. This study assesses the potential link between dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department (ED) visits in the southwestern US. We acquired data for 2005-2016 from eight IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of PROtected Visual Environments) sites in Arizona, California, and Utah. We applied a validated algorithm to identify dust storm days at each site. We acquired patient-level ED visit data from state agencies and ascertained visits for respiratory, cardiovascular, and cause-specific subgroups among patients residing in ZIP codes within 50 km of an IMPROVE site. Using a case-crossover design, we estimated short-term associations of ED visits and dust storms, controlling for temporally varying covariates. During 2005-2016, 40 dust storm days occurred at the eight IMPROVE sites. Mean PM
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