Estimate the effects of environmental determining factors on childhood asthma hospital admissions in Lisbon, Portugal: a time series modelling study

• Authors: Mónica Rodrigues, Isabel Natário, Maria do Rosário de Oliveira Martins
• Publication Year: 2021
• Journal: Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 143, pp 809–821
• Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03415-w

ABSTRACT Several epidemiological studies have shown the relationship between hospital admissions associated with asthma, meteorological variables, and exposure to outdoor air pollution. In this study, we propose to evaluate the effects of environmental variables on asthma admissions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal. A quasi-Poisson generalized additive model combined with a distributed lag non-linear model […]
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