Health Effects of Asian Dust Events: A Review of the Literature
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- HASHIZUME Masahiro
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
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- UEDA Kayo
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- NISHIWAKI Yuji
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University
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- MICHIKAWA Takehiro
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University
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- ONOZUKA Daisuke
- Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 黄砂の健康影響―疫学文献レビュー
- コウサ ノ ケンコウ エイキョウ エキガク ブンケン レビュー
- Health effects of Asian dust events: a review of the literature [in Japanese]
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Abstract
Asian dust, called ‘kosa’ in Japan, is the long-range transport of atmospheric pollutants originating from the desert areas of China and Mongolia. Although Asian dust has a long history of appearing in Japan, it is only quite recently that there is increasing concern for its possible adverse health effects. We reviewed the epidemiologic evidence of potential health effects of Asian dust events. PubMed was used to search for the following keywords: Asian dust, yellow sand, desert dust, dust storm, sandstorm, mortality, death, morbidity, hospitalization, hospital admission, health, pulmonary and respiratory. The search was limited to the epidemiologic studies published between January 1980 and May 2009. JMEDPlus was used to search for Japanese literature. Seventeen studies were retrieved from PubMed and one study from JMEDPlus. In addition, one study was identified for reviewing from the references of another study. In total, we identified 19 epidemiologic studies (3 for mortality, 13 for hospital visits or admissions and 3 for respiratory functions or symptoms) mainly from Taiwan and Korea. There were many combinations of outcomes and lagged exposures examined, and some suggested possible associations of dust exposure with an increase in mortality and hospital visits and admissions due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, whereas the rest of the studies did not show statistically significant associations. The evidence from these studies was limited because exposure assessments were inadequately described and potential confounders were insufficiently controlled. Well-designed epidemiological studies are required to clarify any potential health effects of Asian dust events in Japan.<br>
Journal
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- Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene)
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Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) 65 (3), 413-421, 2010
The Japanese Society for Hygiene
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001206362385536
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- NII Article ID
- 10027812767
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- NII Book ID
- AN00185923
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- COI
- 1:CAS:528:DC%2BC3cXotlaltb4%3D
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- ISSN
- 18826482
- 00215082
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- NDL BIB ID
- 10739908
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- PubMed
- 20508385
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- PubMed
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- Disallowed