Regional dust storm modeling for health services: The case of valley fever

Aeolian Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-73

  Sprigg, William A ^a,b   Nickovic, Slobodan ^a,d,e   Galgiani, John N ^c   Pejanovic, Goran ^d   Petkovic, Slavko ^d   Vujadinovic, Mirjam ^d,e   Vukovic, Ana ^d,e   Dacic, Milan ^d   DiBiase, Scott ^f   Prasad, Anup ^b   El Askary, Hesham ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^f Pinal County Air Quality Control District   (United States)

^g Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Disease surveillance; Dust storm; Forecasts; Haboob; Valley fever

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE VECTOR; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI;

EID: 84906943243     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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