Long-term Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Disease Exacerbation Among Children with Asthma in the Eastern United States, 2000-2018.
Kate R WeinbergerNina VeeravalliXiao WuNicholas J NassikasKeith R SpanglerNina R JoyceGregory A WelleniusPublished in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) (2024)
These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that some tropical cyclones are detrimental to children's respiratory health. However, tropical cyclones were not associated in aggregate with long-term exacerbation of clinically apparent asthma symptoms among a population of children with commercial health insurance.