Short-Term Effects of the Particulate Pollutants Contained in Saharan Dust on the Visits of Children to the Emergency Department due to Asthmatic Conditions in Guadeloupe (French Archipelago of the Caribbean)

Gilbert Cadelis; Rachel Tourres; Jack Molinie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091136

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Short-Term Effects of the Particulate Pollutants Contained in Saharan Dust on the Visits of Children to the Emergency Department due to Asthmatic Conditions in Guadeloupe (French Archipelago of the Caribbean)

Gilbert Cadelis ,

* E-mail: gilbert.cadelis@chu-guadeloupe.fr

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Universitary Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Rachel Tourres,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Universitary Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Jack Molinie

Affiliation Laboratory of Research in Geoscience and Energy, University of Antilles and Guyane, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Short-Term Effects of the Particulate Pollutants Contained in Saharan Dust on the Visits of Children to the Emergency Department due to Asthmatic Conditions in Guadeloupe (French Archipelago of the Caribbean)

Gilbert Cadelis,
Rachel Tourres,
Jack Molinie

Published: March 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091136

About the Authors

Gilbert Cadelis

* E-mail: gilbert.cadelis@chu-guadeloupe.fr

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Universitary Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Rachel Tourres

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Universitary Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Jack Molinie

Affiliation Laboratory of Research in Geoscience and Energy, University of Antilles and Guyane, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC RT JM. Performed the experiments: GC RT JM. Analyzed the data: GC RT JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC RT JM. Wrote the paper: GC.

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