Annual hospitalisation rates for children with asthma are inversely associated with total hours of sunshine in English regions

Gilchrist

Abstract

During childhood, exacerbation of asthma is the most common medical reason for admission to hospital in the UK. Each year 44,000 children are admitted to hospital in the UK with 40-50 children dying as a result of asthma [1]. Weather patterns and seasonality have distinct, measurable effects on the rates of hospitalisation for asthma.

Citation

Gilchrist. (2017). Annual hospitalisation rates for children with asthma are inversely associated with total hours of sunshine in English regions. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 838-840. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12946

• Acceptance Date: Apr 28, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 28, 2017
• Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
• Print ISSN: 0954-7894
• Publisher: Wiley
• Pages: 838-840
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12946
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cea.12946