Is the Asthma Epidemic Still Ascending?

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Baïz, Nour ^a,b   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Evolution; Hygiene hypothesis; Lifestyle; Passive smoking; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PARACETAMOL;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84865540633     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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