Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric

• Main Authors: Claire Rowan (Author), Rohan R D'Souza (Author), Xiaping Zheng (Author), James Crooks (Author), Kirk Hohsfield (Author), Daniel Tong (Author), Howard H Chang (Author), Stefanie Ebelt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IOP Publishing, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Climate change is projected to increase the risk of dust storms, particularly in subtropical dryland, including the southwestern US. Research on dust storm's health impacts in the US is limited and hindered by challenges in dust storm identification. This study assesses the potential link betwe...