| A Systematic Review of Global Desert Dust and Associated Human Health Effects | |
| Zhang, XL (Zhang, Xuelei)1,2; Zhao, LJ (Zhao, Lijing)3; Tong, DQ (Tong, Daniel Q.)2,4; Wu, GJ (Wu, Guangjian)5; Dan, M (Dan, Mo)6; Teng, B (Teng, Bo)7; Zhang, XL | |
| Source Publication | ATMOSPHERE
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| 2016 | |
| Volume | 7Issue:12Pages:158 |
| DOI | 10.3390/atmos7120158 |
| Abstract | Dust storms and sandy dust events originating in arid and semi-arid areas can transport particulate material, pollutants, and potential transport long distances from their sources. Exposure to desert dust particles is generally acknowledged to endanger human health. However, most studies have examined anthropogenic particulate sources, with few studies considering contributions from natural desert dust. A systematic literature review was undertaken using the ISI Web of Knowledge and PubMed databases with the objective of identifying all studies presenting results on the potential health impact from desert dust particles across the world. This review reveals an imbalance between the areas most exposed to dust and the areas most studied in terms of health effects. Among the human health effects of dust storms are mortality and morbidity, arising from respiratory system, circulatory system, and other diseases. We summarize the quantitative results of current scientific health research and possible pathological mechanisms, and describe some of the many challenges related to understanding health effects from exposures to desert dust particles. Overall, for respiratory and circulatory mortality, both positive and negative associations have been reported for PM10 of desert dust, but only a positive relationship was reported between PM2.5-10 and mortality, and a positive relationship was also reported between PM2.5 and human mortality. Future pathological studies should continue to focus on those mechanisms causing the most harmful effect of desert dust on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. More attention should also be paid to the association between desert dust and the morbidity of other diseases, such as those affecting the reproductive system and nervous system. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000392282200006 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Asian Sand Dust Case-crossover Analysis Peak Expiratory Flow Obstructive Pulmonary-disease Respiratory Epithelial-cells Daily Emergency Admissions Murine Lung Eosinophilia Cause-specific Mortality Ambient Air-pollution Saharan Dust |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Subtype | Review |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7476 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, XL |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroecol, Key Lab Wetland Ecol & Environm, Changchun 130102, Peoples R China 2.George Mason Univ, Ctr Spatial Informat Sci & Syst, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA 3.Jilin Univ, Norman Bethune Med Sch, Dept Pathophysiol, Changchun 130021, Peoples R China 4.US NOAA Air Resources Lab, College Pk, MD 20740 USA 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Beijing Municipal Inst Labor Protect, Beijing 100054, Peoples R China 7.Jilin Univ, Hosp 2, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Changchun 130041, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, XL ,Zhao, LJ ,Tong, DQ ,et al. A Systematic Review of Global Desert Dust and Associated Human Health Effects[J]. ATMOSPHERE,2016,7(12):158. |
| APA | Zhang, XL .,Zhao, LJ .,Tong, DQ .,Wu, GJ .,Dan, M .,...&Zhang, XL.(2016).A Systematic Review of Global Desert Dust and Associated Human Health Effects.ATMOSPHERE,7(12),158. |
| MLA | Zhang, XL ,et al."A Systematic Review of Global Desert Dust and Associated Human Health Effects".ATMOSPHERE 7.12(2016):158. |
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