NDLI: Saharan dust, climate variability, and asthma in Grenada, the Caribbean

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Author	Akpinar Elci, Muge Martin, Francis E. Behr, Joshua G. Diaz, Rafael
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Saharan dust is transported across the Atlantic and interacts with the Caribbean seasonal climatic conditions, becoming respirable and contributing to asthma presentments at the emergency department. This study investigated the relationships among dust, climatic variables, and asthma-related visits to the emergency room in Grenada. All asthma visits to the emergency room (n = 4411) over 5 years (2001–2005) were compared to the dust cover and climatic variables for the corresponding period. Variation in asthma was associated with change in dust concentration (R 2 = 0.036, p < 0.001), asthma was positively correlated with rainfall (R 2 = 0.055, p < 0.001), and rainfall was correlated with dust (R 2 = 0.070, p = 0.003). Despite the similarities and the short distance between Trinidad, Barbados, and Grenada, they have markedly different geographies, cultures, population sizes, industrialization level, and economies. Therefore, different than from the studies in Trinidad and Barbados, Grenada is a non-industrialized low-income small island without major industrialized air pollution addition; asthma visits were inversely related to mean sea level pressure (R 2 = 0.123, p = 0.006) and positively correlated with relative humidity (R 2 = 0.593, p = 0.85). Saharan dust in conjunction with seasonal humidity allows for inhalable particulate matter that exacerbates asthma among residents in the Caribbean island of Grenada. These findings contribute evidence suggesting a broader public health impact from Saharan dust. Thus, this research may inform strategic planning of resource allocation among the Caribbean public health agencies.
Starting Page	1667
Ending Page	1671
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00207128
Journal	International Journal of Biometeorology
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	11
e-ISSN	14321254
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2015-02-24
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	African dust Climate change Asthma attack Emergency room Epidemiology Environment Biophysics and Biological Physics Meteorology Animal Physiology Plant Physiology Environmental Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Atmospheric Science

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