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MEDICC Review 2016; 18 (3)

Saharan dust effects on human health: a challenge for Cuba’s researchers

Venero-Fernández SJ

Language: English
References: 20
Page: 32-34
PDF size: 199.47 Kb.


ABSTRACT

WHO considers the effects of air pollution one of the most pressing global health priorities. Several years ago, scientists began noting a link between Saharan dust (a meteorological phenomenon that diminishes air quality as it spreads over the globe) and some diseases, but the few studies to date have been inconsistent. Cuba has the human and material resources to study the association between Saharan dust and health. It is important to encourage creation of multidisciplinary research teams to do so.


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