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The importance of climate in the prevalence of asthma in European schoolchildren

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Why is it important?

Meteorological variables like sunshine and rainfall were associated with asthma. Sunshine with a negative association and rainfall with positive. In addition, physicians density had negative association with asthma

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These results could be related with vitamin D exposure and decreased asthma

Dr Alberto Arnedo-Pena
Epidemiology Division Public Health Centre. Conselleria Sanitat. Generaliatat Valenciana

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This page is a summary of: Prevalence of asthma symptoms in schoolchildren, and climate in west European countries: an ecologic study, International Journal of Biometeorology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0606-y.
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