Dust storms and the risk of asthma admissions to hospitals in Kuwait

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-351

  Thalib, Lukman ^a   Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dust storm; Kuwait; Middle East; Respiratory; Sandstorm

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DUST STORM; KUWAIT; MIDDLE EAST; RESPIRATORY; SANDSTORM;

ARID REGIONS; DISEASES; DUST; HOSPITALS;

STORMS;

RAIN;

ASTHMA; DUST STORM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST AND DUST RELATED PHENOMENA; DUST EXPOSURE; DUST STORM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASTHMA; CLIMATE; DUST; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PATIENT ADMISSION;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84864068390     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.082     Document Type: Article

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