Asthma admissions and grass pollen counts, levels and potency in London and its surroundings
Project aims
Airborne outdoor pollen is a major cause of asthma hospital admissions. Current exposure assessment methods rely primarily on daily changes in the number of airborne pollen counts and thus do not capture changes in the true biological allergenic potential of the air (i.e. allergen levels). Using unique pollen data available in London, this project will test the hypotheses that asthma hospitalizations increase with increasing airborne allergen levels, and that this association is underestimated by current exposure assessment methods based only on pollen counts.
Period and geography
May 2013 - September 2013
England
Data
NHS Digital HES: Admitted patient care and emergency care
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