Impact of Middle Eastern Dust storms on human health

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 606-613

  Khaniabadi, Yusef Omidi ^a   Daryanoosh, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Amrane, Abdeltif ^b   Polosa, Riccardo ^c,d   Hopke, Philip K ^e,f   Goudarzi, Gholamreza ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad ^a,g   Sicard, Pierre ^h   Armin, Houshang ⁱ  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIV RENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g ABADAN SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h ACRI   (France)

ⁱ ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hospital admissions; Ilam; PM10; Respiratory mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009480292     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2016.11.005     Document Type: Article

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