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Asthma prevention /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Busse, W. W. (William W.), Lemanske, Robert F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Series:Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 195.
Subjects:
Asthma > Prevention.
Asthma in children > Prevention.
Asthma.
Asthma > prevention & control.
Risk Factors.
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology of asthma
  • The natural history of wheezing in children
  • Emerging patterns of asthma worldwide
  • Late life onset of asthma
  • Ontogeny of the immune reponse
  • Inflammatory features of childhood asthma
  • Physiology
  • Genetic factors
  • Birth order
  • Infections : causative
  • Allergens
  • Asthma and nonrespiratory infections
  • Antibiotics as risk factors in the development of asthma
  • The atopic march
  • Stress and asthma
  • Infant feeding practices and prevention of asthma
  • Asthma in the inner city
  • Therapeutic approaches to childhood asthma
  • Allergen avoidance
  • Immunotherapy and asthma
  • Anti-cytokine therapy
  • IgE and anti-IgE therapy in allergic asthma and ehinitis
  • DNA vaccination for asthma
  • DNA vaccination for asthma and atopic disorders
  • Future therapies
  • Regulation of IgE synthesis