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Title

Asthma prevention / edited by William W. Busse, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Busse, W. W. (William W.)
• Lemanske, Robert F.

Description

xviii, 661 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 195

Uniform Title

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 195.

Subject

• Asthma > Prevention
• Asthma in children > Prevention
• Asthme
• Asthme > Prévention
• Asthme chez l'enfant > Prévention
• Asthme > Traitement
• Asthma
• Asthma > prevention & control
• Risk Factors

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Epidemiology of asthma / Malcolm R. Sears -- 2. The natural history of wheezing in children / Fernando D. Martinez -- 3. Emerging patterns of asthma worldwide / Erika von Mutius -- 4. Later life onset of asthma / Chakradhar Kotaru and Richard J. Martin -- 5. Ontogeny of the immune response / P. G. Holt and J. Rowe -- 6. Inflammatory features of childhood asthma / Marzena Krawiec and Theresa Guilbert -- 7. Physiology / Alexander Moller and Peter N. Le Souef -- 8. Genetic factors / Sabine Hoffjan and Carole Ober -- 9. Birth order / Tricia McKeever, Richard Hubbard, Sarah Lewis and John Britton -- 10. Infections : causative / G. Daniel Brooks and Robert F. Lemanske, Jr. -- 11. Allergens / Elizabeth A. Erwin, Judith A. Woodfolk, Peter W. Heymann and Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills -- 12. Asthma and nonrespiratory infections / Paolo Maria Matricardi -- 13. Antibiotics as risk factors in the development of asthma / Bengt Bjorksten -- 14. The atopic march / U. Wahn, R. Nickel, S. Lau, C. Gruber and S. Illi -- 15. Stress and asthma / Rosalind J. Wright -- 16. Infant feeding practices and prevention of asthma / Anne L. Wright -- 17. Asthma in the inner city / Kristin M. Burkart, Megan T. Sandel and George T. O'Connor -- 18. Therapeutic approaches to childhood asthma / Stanley J. Szefler -- 19. Allergen avoidance / Jacqueline Pongracic -- 20. Immunotherapy and asthma / Moises A. Calderon-Zapata and Stephen R. Durham -- 21. Anti-cytokine therapy / Larry Borish -- 22. IgE and anti-IgE therapy in allergic asthma and rhinitis / E. M. Salagean, P. H. Howarth and S. T. Holgate -- 23. DNA vaccination for asthma / David H. Broide -- 24. DNA vaccination for asthma and atopic disorders / Kunihiko Kitagaki and Joel N. Kline -- 25. Future therapies / Jeffrey Stokes, Christopher Clark and Thomas B. Casale -- 26. Regulation of IgE synthesis / Lisa Cameron and Donata Vercelli.

ISBN

0824754093 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005051484
• 9780824754099

OCLC

• ocm61027814
• SCSB-5226888

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries