Dust Storms and Emergency Department Visits in 3 Southwestern States Using NWS Storm Reports

This cross-sectional study investigates the association of dust storm exposure, as reported by the National Weather Service (NWS), with emergency department visits by diagnosis in Arizona, California, and Utah.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  JAMA Network Open

• Publication date

  2025-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.57666PMID 39937479PMCID 11822549
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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