Update-Exposure to dust events and hospitalizations in West Texas cities: The human health consequences of dust

  • Thomas E Gill University of Texas at El Paso
  • Estrella Herrera-Molina Department of Public Health, University of California at Merced
  • Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Soyoung Jeon Department of Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business, New Mexico State University
  • Karin Ardon-Dryer Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University

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Published
2024-07-16
How to Cite
Gill, T. E., Herrera-Molina, E., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Jeon, S., & Ardon-Dryer, K. (2024). Update-Exposure to dust events and hospitalizations in West Texas cities: The human health consequences of dust. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 12(52), 49-51. https://doi.org/10.12746/swrccc.v12i52.1325