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The short-term association between asthma hospitalisations, ambient temperature, other meteorological factors and air pollutants in Hong Kong: a time-series study

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Previous studies have found associations between meteorological variables and asthma hospitalisations but the nature of these associations has varied and few studies have been done in subtropical areas or evaluated effect modification by age.This study aimed to evaluate associations between asthma hospitalisations and meteorological factors and to assess effect modification of these associations by age and season in Hong Kong.Poisson generalised additive models combined with distributed lag n...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208054

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Strategic
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Author
Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
Journal:
Thorax Journal website
Publication date:
2016-06-01
Acceptance date:
2016-06-06
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EISSN:
1468-3296
ISSN:
0040-6376
Language:
English
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uuid:12e5227d-645b-4f60-8f85-2f6b777f607a
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pubs:633582
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633582
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2016-07-22

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