Exploration of the spatial patterns and determinants of asthma prevalence and health services use in Ontario using a Bayesian approach.

The purpose of this study was to examine the spatial variability of asthma outcomes in Ontario, Canada and broad environmental factors that contribute to this variability. Age-/sex-standardized asthma prevalence and health services use rates (2003-2013) were obtained from a provincial cohort of asth...

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Main Authors: Alexandra M Ouédraogo, Eric J Crighton, Michael Sawada, Teresa To, Kevin Brand, Eric Lavigne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208205