Asthma, the changing scene?
This short article looks at the changes in the rate of asthma episodes reported to the Birmingham Research Unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners. The general perception is that the incidence of asthma is on the increase and is worse in summer than previously thought. The data do not support such a view. The reported incidence of asthma is increasing, there is a peak in summer, but that has been so for several years, and the June peak of 1994 was not as high as that of 1992.
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D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology