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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841663803321

Titolo

The rising trends in asthma [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1997

ISBN

1-282-34803-5

9786612348037

0-470-51533-3

0-470-51534-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 206

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

CardewGail

Disciplina

616.2

616.238

Soggetti

Asthma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited by Derek Chadwick and Gail Cardew.

Proceedings of a conference held at the Ciba Foundation, June 11-13, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE RISING TRENDS IN ASTHMA; Contents; Participants; 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 I; Interpretation of epidemiological surveys of asthma; Evidence for the increase in asthma worldwide; International trends in asthma mortality; General discussion II; Inferences from occuDationa1 asthma

The role of domestic allergensAir 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; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Asthma is a growing health problem throughout the developed world. This volume presents a critical review of all the possible factors for this rising trend and includes research that has not yet been published in the scientific literature. Discusses the basic biology of asthma and



addresses genetic influences. Surveys the epidemiological evidence for the worldwide trends in morbidity and mortality.