Background: Dust storms and their impacts on health are becoming a major public health
issue. The current study examines the health impacts of dust storms around the world to …

Air pollution is a high priority global health concern. The health damaging effects of ambient
particulate matter (PM), a component of air pollution, are extensively documented, with 1.4 …

Mineral dust is the most abundant aerosol, having a profound impact on the global energy
budget. This research continues our previous studies performed on surface soils in the …

Abstract The Great Plains drought of 1931–1939 was a prolonged socio-ecological disaster
with widespread impacts on society, economy, and health. While its immediate impacts are …

Background Accurate volume assessment is crucial in children under fluid therapy. Over the
last decade, respiratory variation of aortic peak velocity (△ VPeak) has been applied in …

Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin (CKDnt) in Central America, also known as
Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN), is of particular concern in agricultural populations. The …

Asthma is a multifactorial, heterogeneous disease that has a challenging management. It
can be divided in non-allergic and allergic (usually associated with house dust mites (HDM) …

Subtropical gyres are large areas of the ocean characterized by high stratification, low
nutrients, and low primary production. The Canary Current System (CanCS) shows a rather …

The island of Gran Canaria is regularly affected by dust falls due to its proximity to the
Saharan desert. Climatic oscillations may affect the Saharan dust input to the island …

La contaminación ambiental, en todas sus vertientes, tiene un efecto de enormes
dimensiones no sólo sobre la existencia del planeta, sino también sobre la salud de la …