Asthma
By: Clay Farris Naff, book editor
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Perspectives on diseases & disorders; Perspectives on diseases and disorders
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780737745511
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of asthma  -- David A. Cramer, Teresa G. Odle, and Tish Davidson; title: Causes of asthma  -- USA Today Magazine; title: Diagnosis of asthma  -- Cleveland Clinic; title: Treatment of asthma  -- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; title: Self-care for asthmatics  -- Carl Sherman; title: Burden of childhood asthma  -- A. Ursulla Courtney, Daniel F. McCarter, and Susan M. Pollart; title: Asthma and exercise  -- Arthur Schoenstadt; title: Vaccines are a cause of asthma  -- Mark F. Blaxill -- Vaccines do not cause asthma / -- Stephen Brearey and Rosalind Smyth; title: Air pollution is a major cause of asthma  -- Natural Resources Defense Council; title: Air pollution is not a major cause of wintertime asthma  -- William Allstetter; title: Food allergies are a major factor in asthma  -- Gale Jurasek; title: Food allergies are not a major factor in asthma  -- International Food Information Council Foundation; title: Controversy lingers over asthma drug safety  -- Steven Reinberg; title: Personal accounts of asthma  -- Kathiann M. Kowalski; title: Healthier than an Olympic swimmer  -- Nancy Hogshead; title: Parent's tale of coping with her child's asthma  -- Denise Grady; title: From Olympian to congressman, with asthma  -- Jim Ryun; title: Learning what it is like to be asthmatic -- Vincent McGovern.