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Article: Link shown between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in metro Atlanta area.
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- NewsRx Health & Science
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- July 28, 2008
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In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro Atlanta area that could have a "significant public health impact."
While a relationship between thunderstorms and increased hospital visits for asthma attacks has been known and studied worldwide for years, this is the first time a team of climatologists and epidemiologists has ever conducted a detailed study of the phenomenon in the American South.
The team, studying a database consisting of more than 10 million emergency room ...