The effect of asian dust events on the daily symptoms in Yonago, Japan: A pilot study on healthy subjects

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Otani, Shinji ^a,c   Onishi, Kazunari ^b   Mu, Haosheng ^b   Kurozawa, Youichi ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hino Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; daily symptoms; health survey; suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN DUST EVENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACRIMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE SECRETION; OCULAR PRURITUS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN REDNESS; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; ASIA; EYE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TIME; WEATHER;

ADULT; ASIA; DUST; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 79953790121     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2010.506499     Document Type: Article

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