Effects of dust storm on public health in desert fringe area: Case study of northeast edge of Taklimakan Desert, China

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 805-814

  Aili, Aishajiang ^a   Oanh, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dust storm; Health survey; Hospital record; Taklimakan desert

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940182841     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.089     Document Type: Article

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