Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran.

Hamidreza AghababaeianAbbas OstadtaghizadehAli ArdalanAli AsgaryMehry AkbaryMir Saeed YekaninejadRahim SharafkhaniCarolyn Stephens

Published in: Environmental health insights (2021)

The findings of the current study indicate that dust storms increase the risk of mortality with some lags. An evidence-based early warning system may be able to aware the people of the health effects of dust storms.

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