Research Article

Association between Asian Dust-Borne Air Pollutants and Daily Symptoms on Healthy Subjects: A Web-Based Pilot Study in Yonago, Japan

Table 1

The levels of air pollutants (µg/m3) and meteorological measurements on the Asian dust days and Non-Asian dust days.

VariableNon-Asian dust days (n = 27)Asian dust days (n = 4) value

SPM19.56 ± 8.0952.28 ± 17.26<0.001
PM2.517.09 ± 6.9540.91 ± 14.26<0.001
SO21.35 ± 1.192.35 ± 1.300.134
9.08 ± 4.769.47 ± 0.960.873
Temperature (°C)9.27 ± 3.1310.03 ± 1.230.614
Relative humidity (%)64.92 ± 8.5365.25 ± 15.120.949

Values are 24-hour averages.