The burden of acute respiratory infection attributable to fine particulate matter brought by dust storms among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries
This study provides critical insight into the association between long-term exposure to dust PM<sub>2.5</sub> and the health of children in LMICs, highlighting the need for specific ERFs to distinguish the adverse effects of different PM<sub>2.5</sub> components. Personal protection during sand dust storms can be an effective intervention to safeguard the respiratory health of children.
Authors
- Tianjia Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-2898)
- Hong Lu
- Ning Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-0039)
- Jianyu Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-9741)
- Mingkun Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-0390)
- Xueqiu Ni
- Jiajianghui Li
- Pengfei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-2581)
- Tong Fei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-7924)
- Tao Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-5637)
- Ruohan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-2026)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environment International
- Published
- 2025-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109295
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China