Title: Asthma : causes and mechanisms of an epidemic inflammatory disease /
Authors: Eisenberg, Max.; Platts-Mills, Thomas.
Publisher: Lewis Publishers,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Asthma immunology; Asthma etiology; Asthma Etiology; Asthma Pathophysiology.; Asthma; Air Pollution, Indoor adverse effects; Asthma Congresses.; Air Pollution, Indoor adverse effects Congresses.
Contents: The rising prevalence and severity of asthma in Western society : are the causes of asthma the causes of the increase? / Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills [and others] -- Viral modulation of airway inflammation / Scherer P. Sanders and David Proud -- The risk of developing asthma during childhood / Peter W. Heymann [and others] -- Loss of airway M₂ muscarinic receptor function following inflammation and viral infection / David B. Jacoby and Allison D. Fryer -- Role of CD4+ T cells in the development of aeroallergen-induced allergic inflammation / Marsha Wills-Karp -- Modified recombinant allergens for immunotherapy / Alisa M. Smith -- Cockroach-sensitive guinea pig asthma : a model for indoor environmental asthma / Bann C. Kang [and others] -- The effects of environmental tobacco smoke on asthma : studies with a dynamic exposure chamber / Samuel B. Lehrer, Roy J. Rando, and Manuel Lopez -- Airborne contaminants and asthma : the effects of ozone, NO₂, SO₂ endotoxin and diesel particulates on normal & asthmatic lungs / David Peden and Brian Boehlecke -- The role of genetics and indoor allergen exposure in atopic asthma / Kathleen Barnes and Mark C. Liu -- The contribution of genes and environment to asthma / Lanny Rosenwasser.