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Data of daily emergency hospital admissions to 15 major hospitals in HK for asthma and indices of air pollutants [sulphur dioxide (SO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), nitrogen dioxide (NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), ozone (O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>), particulates with an aerodynamic diameter of &lt;10\u2003\u03bcm particulate matter (PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>) and 2.5\u2003\u03bcm (PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>)] and meteorological variables from January 2000 to December 2005 were obtained from several government departments. Analysis was performed by the generalized additive models with Poisson distribution. The effects of time trend, season, other cyclical factors, temperature and humidity were adjusted. Autocorrelation and overdispersion were corrected.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> Altogether, 69\u2003716 admissions were assessed. Significant associations were found between hospital admissions for asthma and levels of NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>, PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> and PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>. The relative risks (RR) for hospitalization for every 10\u2003\u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> increase in NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>, PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> and PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub> were 1.028, 1.034, 1.019 and 1.021, respectively, at a lag day that ranged from cumulative lag 0\u20134 to 0\u20135. In a multi\u2010pollutant model, O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> was significantly associated with increased admissions for asthma. The younger age group (0\u201314 years) tended to have a higher RR for each 10\u2003\u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> increase in pollutants than those aged 15\u201365 years. 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