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Short report: Asthma admissions and weather conditions in Costa Rica
1National Children's Hospital, PO Box 1654-1000, San José, Costa Rica, Central America.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|May 23, 2001
Abstract:
In Costa Rica there is little information about asthma admissions. In this report the monthly asthma admissions and weather data for a seven year period were reviewed. The hospital asthma admissions showed notable seasonal variation associated with variations in the rainfall and the relative humidity.