The rising trends in asthma [[electronic resource]]
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| Titolo: |
The rising trends in asthma [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.2 |
| 616.238 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Asthma |
| Altri autori: |
ChadwickDerek
CardewGail
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The rising trends in asthma |
| ISBN: | 1-282-34803-5 |
| 9786612348037 | |
| 0-470-51533-3 | |
| 0-470-51534-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830036203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 206.