First assessment of the impacts of Saharan dust events on the respiratory health in West Africa: A case study in the Northern Benin
2014
De Longueville, Florence | Henry, Sabine | Ozer, Pierre
English. peer reviewed
Show more [+] Less [-]English. More than 50% of the global dust emitted into the atmosphere comes from the Sahara. About 60% of the Saharan dust move southwards to the Gulf of Guinea (Engelstaedter et al., 2006). Once in the air, these dust contribute to increase the concentrations of particles smaller than 10 microns (PM10), which are respirable particles (Ozer et al. 2005). A number of adverse health effects have been associated with desert dust, including respiratory diseases (Goudie, 2014). [...]
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