The impact of thunderstorm asthma on emergency department attendances across London during July 2013

A J Elliot; H E Hughes; T C Hughes; T E Locker; R Brown; C Sarran; Y Clewlow; V Murray; A Bone; M Catchpole; B McCloskey; G E Smith

doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-203122

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The impact of thunderstorm asthma on emergency department attendances across London during July 2013

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A J Elliot Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H E Hughes Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T C Hughes Emergency Department, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK The College of Emergency Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T E Locker The College of Emergency Medicine, London, UK Emergency Department, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Brown Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Sarran Met Office, Exeter, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Y Clewlow Met Office, Exeter, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
V Murray Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Bone Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Catchpole Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B McCloskey Department of Global Health, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G E Smith Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Alex Elliot, Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, 6th Floor 5 St Philips Place, Birmingham B3 2PW, UK; alex.elliot{at}phe.gov.uk

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Elliot AJ, Hughes HE, Hughes TC, et al

The impact of thunderstorm asthma on emergency department attendances across London during July 2013

Emergency Medicine Journal 2014;31:675-678.

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Received August 9, 2013
Revised September 12, 2013
Accepted September 15, 2013
First published October 7, 2013.

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April 29, 2016

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