Psychosocial factors and incident asthma hospital admissions in the EPIC‐Norfolk cohort study

Background:  Case series and case‐control studies have shown high rates of psychosocial and behavioural risk factors amongst patients admitted to hospital with severe asthma. General population studies have shown associations between psychosocial factors and prevalent asthma but few have investigated incident asthma outcomes.

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