Is Infection Important in the Pathogenesis and Clinical Expression of Asthma?

Asthma: Critical Debates

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 67-84

  Sutherland, E Rand ^a,b   Martin , Richard J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Asthma; Clinical expression; Immunological changes; Infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948751197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693889.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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