Effect of Asian dust storms on mortality in three Asian cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-317

  Lee, Hyewon ^a   Honda, Yasushi ^b   Lim, Youn Hee ^a   Guo, Yue Leon ^c,d   Hashizume, Masahiro ^e   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storms; Dust storm warning; Lag effect; Mortality; Multi city study

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION; DUST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIAN DUST STORM; DUST STORM; LAG EFFECTS; MORTALITY; MULTI-CITY STUDY;

STORMS;

ACCIDENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST STORM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASIAN DUST STORM; CITY; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; WEATHER;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KITAKYUSHU; KYUSHU; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84896889030     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.048     Document Type: Article

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