Forecasting asthma-related hospital admissions in London using negative binomial models

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Soyiri, Ireneous N ^a   Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Sarran, Christophe ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air quality; asthma; Health forecasting; hospital admission; London; model; population health; respiratory; statistics; weather

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84876940935     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972313482847     Document Type: Article

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