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. 2008 Jul;63(7):659-60.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2007.092882.

Thunderstorm associated asthma in Atlanta, Georgia

A Grundstein, S E Sarnat, M Klein, M Shepherd, L Naeher, T Mote, P Tolbert

Thunderstorm associated asthma in Atlanta, Georgia

A Grundstein et al. Thorax. 2008 Jul.
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Relative risk of asthma ED visits following days with a) thunderstorms [•], b) thunderstorms in combination with rainfall (in 4 categories) [▲], and c) thunderstorms in combination with wind speed from maximum 5-second wind gusts (in 3 categories) [■], compared to days with no thunderstorms. Relative risks and p-values are presented for each model result.
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