o There was a significant correlation between urinary log 1-OHPG and log 8-OHdG levels before the ADE. o There was also a significant correlation between urinary MDA and 8-OHdG levels after the ADE. o Significantly higher levels of urinary PAH metabolites were observed among Chinese children than Korean children o There was a significant correlation of urinary PAH metabolites between children and their mothers living in the same household.

o Asia dust storm events could increase the risk of daily mortality in Taipei, although none of the associations were statistically significant, This study found greater specificity for associations with respiratory and circulatory deaths, and this increases the plausibility of a causal explanation.

o The risk of being admitted with respiratory disease is increased by 9% on the Asian dust day o The risk of cardiovascular admission is increased by 5% o During the great dust event in 2002, the counts of respiratory admission seems to be increased, but we couldn't observed the epidemic of respiratory disease o The Asian dust events are weakly associated with daily mortality