The rising trends in asthma.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Symposium on the Rising Trends in Asthma
Other Authors: Chadwick, Derek, Cardew, Gail
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1997.
Series:Ciba Foundation symposium ; 206.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Asthma : a dynamic disease of inflammation and repair
  • Allergen recognition in the origin of asthma
  • T cells as orchestrators of the asthmatic response
  • The structural and functional consequences of chronic allergic inflammation of the airways
  • Genetic susceptibility to asthma in a changing environment
  • General discussion
  • Interpretation of epidemiological surveys of asthma
  • Evidence for the increase in asthma worldwide
  • International trends in asthma mortality
  • General discussion
  • Inferences from occupational asthma
  • The role of domestic allergens
  • Air pollution and trends in asthma
  • The role of respiratory viruses in asthma
  • Prenatal origins of asthma and allergy
  • Maternal risk factors in asthma
  • Diet as a risk factor for asthma
  • Summary