A Critique of Studies on The Combined Effect of Dust Storms and Meteorological elements on Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Respiratory Diseases

Brief policy The studies reviewed in this section are from PubMed, ISI, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases using the following keywords: dust storm, meteorological elements, temperature, heat wave, cold wave, relative humidity, wind blow, atmospheric pressure, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke (CVA), lung diseases, health, brain events, heart events, heart attack, coronary artery diseases (CAD), acute coronary symptoms (ACS), ischemic heart disease (IHD), congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic diseases, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). The study was conducted using AND, OR, and NOT statements combined.