The Year in Respiratory Medicine 2004 (Year in Respiratory Medicine)
Contributors: Adam T. Hill (Editor); T. Mackay (Editor); R. Fergusson (Editor); P. Reid (Editor); John Simpson (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: June 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9781904392316
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Reference; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
First sentence: The rapid rise in the prevalence of asthma, particularly over a relatively short time frame, suggests that environmental rather than genetic factors are important in the development and/or the persistence of the disease.