Desert dust impacts on human health: an alarming worldwide reality and a need for studies in West Africa

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  2012

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  International journal of biometeorology

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  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00484-012-0541-yPMID 22552909
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