Journal article
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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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 282.0KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208054
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Thorax Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-06
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1468-3296
- ISSN:
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0040-6376
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- English
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pubs:633582
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uuid:12e5227d-645b-4f60-8f85-2f6b777f607a
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- pubs:633582
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633582
- Deposit date:
- 2016-07-22
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- BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- Copyright © 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from BMJ Publishing Group at: [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208054]
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