Estimated Effects of Asian Dust Storms on Spatiotemporal Distributions of Clinic Visits for Respiratory Diseases in Taipei Children (Taiwan).

Background: Increases in certain cause-specific hospital admissions have been reported during Asian dust storms (ADS), which primarily originate from north and northwest China during winter and spring. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between the ADS and clinic visits for resp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 120; no. 8; pp. 1215 - 1221
Main Authors: Lung-Chang Chien, Chiang-Hsing Yang, Hwa-Lung Yu
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Aug2012
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost