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. 2003 Feb;95(2):152–166.

Environmental factors associated with asthma.

Bailus Walker Jr 1, Lynette D Stokes 1, Rueben Warren 1
PMCID: PMC2594449  PMID: 12760611

Abstract

Asthma, a disease of attacks and remission, continues to account for substantial morbidity and direct economic costs. Numerous studies--epidemiologic, toxicologic and clinical--present evidence for a broad spectrum of environmental risk factors associated with asthma. This review summarizes current thinking on a subset of these factors. Knowledge of potential environmental determinants of asthma is important to both the patient and healthcare professional in the application of multiple modalities of medical and environmental intervention for management of the development, and exacerbation of this chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways.

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