Articulo
Association of Kawasaki disease with tropospheric winds in Central Chile: Is wind-borne desert dust a risk factor?
Environment International
Registro en:
15110020
15110020
Autor
Jorquera, H.
Borzutzky, A.|Hoyos-Bachiloglu, R.
García, A.
Institución
Resumen
It has been found that Kawasaki disease (KD) cases diagnosed in Japan, Hawaii and San Diego, USA increase when tropospheric wind patterns arrive from central Asia, suggesting a common, wind-borne causal agent. We analyzed KD cases hospitalized in Santiago FONDAP FONDAP