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SUBMITTER: Yuan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178282 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yuan Yufei Y Alahmad Barrak B Kang Choong-Min CM Al-Marri Fhaid F Kommula Venkateswarlu V Bouhamra Walid W Koutrakis Petros P
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200403 7
Kuwait is a developed Middle Eastern country that is impacted by frequent dust storms from regional and/or remote deserts. The effectiveness of keeping homes tightly closed during these events to reduce dust exposures was assessed using indoor and outdoor particle samples at 10 residences within the metropolitan Kuwait City area. Specifically, this study compared indoor and outdoor levels of black carbon and 19 trace elements (Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, Sr, ...[more]