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著者
大谷 眞二 International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University 研究者総覧 KAKEN
黒崎 泰典 Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University 研究者総覧 KAKEN
黒沢 洋一 Division of Health Administration and Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University 研究者総覧 KAKEN
Shinoda Masato Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
キーワード
Asian dust
human health
Mongolia
Japan
抄録
Asian dust events are massive meteorological phenomena during which dust particles from Chinese and Mongolian deserts are blown into the atmosphere and carried by westerly winds across Northeast Asia. Recently, there has been steady increase in both the frequency and the severity of Asian atmospheric dust events. Concern has been expressed regarding the potential health hazards in affected areas. The principal nature of the damage associated with Asian dust events differs between the emission (sandstorm) and downwind (air pollution) regions. In the emission region, the health impacts of dust storms are reflected in the high prevalence of respiratory diseases and severe subjective symptoms. Extreme dust storm events may cause a disaster to happen. In downwind regions such as Japan, analysis of Asian dust particles has shown the presence of ammonium ions, sulfate ions, nitrate ions, and heavy metal compounds that are considered not to originate from soil. Asian dust particles have been thought to adsorb anthropogenic atmospheric pollutants during transport. Therefore, Asian dust events coincide with increases in daily hospital admissions and clinical visits for allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis. Although the effect of Asian dust on human health in each region is influenced by a variety of different mechanisms, human activities are partly responsible for such negative effects in many situations. We therefore need to address these environmental problems.
出版者
MDPI
資料タイプ
学術雑誌論文
外部リンク
EISSN
2073445X
掲載誌名
LAND
6
4
開始ページ
83
発行日
2017-12
出版者DOI
著者版フラグ
出版社版
著作権表記
(C) 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
掲載情報
Otani Shinji, Kurosaki Yasunori, Kurozawa Youichi, et al. Dust Storms from Degraded Drylands of Asia: Dynamics and Health Impacts. LAND. 2017. 6(4). doi:10.3390/land6040083
部局名
附属教育研究施設
言語
英語
Web of Science Key ut
WOS:000419224200018