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Short Report

Extreme desert dust storms and COPD morbidity on the island of Crete

Christina Lorentzou1 University of Crete, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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Giorgos Kouvarakis2 Department of Chemistry, Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Georgios V Kozyrakis3 Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Coastal and Marine Research Lab, Heraklion, Greece
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Nikolaos A Kampanis3 Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Coastal and Marine Research Lab, Heraklion, Greece
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Irene Trahanatzi4 Venizeleion Hospital of Heraklion, Department of Emergency Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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Othon Fraidakis4 Venizeleion Hospital of Heraklion, Department of Emergency Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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Nikolaos Tzanakis5 University of Crete, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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Maria Kanakidou2 Department of Chemistry, Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Panagiotis Agouridakis1 University of Crete, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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George Notas1 University of Crete, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Heraklion, Greece;3 Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Coastal and Marine Research Lab, Heraklion, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1763-1768 | Published online: 06 Aug 2019

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