Adverse health effects of Asian dust particles and heavy metals in Japan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1719-NP1726

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

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tottori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

aerosol; Asian dust; epidemiological study; health survey; Kosa; soil chemistry; suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84926335346     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511428667     Document Type: Article

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