Asthma, Health and Society

1. Considerations Regarding the Epidemiology and Public Health Burden of Asthma
Earl S. Ford, David M. Mannino

2. Asthma: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
Susie Yim Yeh, Richard Schwartzstein

3. Genetic and Environmental Factors in Asthma
David B. Peden

4. Screening for Asthma
Robert M. Kaplan, W. Fred, Pamela K. Wasserman

5. Ecology and Asthma
Barbara P. Yawn

6. Medical Management of Asthma
Andrej Petrov, Sally E. Wenzel

7. Impact of Medication Delivery Method on Patient Adherence
Bruce G. Bender, Vasilisa Sazonov, Karl J. Krobot

8. Asthma Self-Management
Harry Kotses, Thomas L. Creer

9. Home Monitoring of Asthma: Symptoms and Peak Flow
Andrew Harver, Maeve O’Connor, Sam Walford, Harry Kotses

10. Computer-Based Applications in the Management of Asthma
Ross Shegog, Marianna M. Sockrider

11. Asthma: A Lifespan Perspective
Tomas Tamulis, Monroe J. King

12. Adolescents and Asthma
David R. Naimi, Andrea J. Apter

13. Asthma and the Family
Elizabeth L. McQuaid, Deborah Friedman

14. Asthma in the Schools
Joan M. Mangan, Sarah Merkle, Lynn B. Gerald

15. Women and Asthma
Jan Warren-Findlow, Larissa R. Brunner Huber, Melanie J. Rouse, Andrew Harver

16. Asthma in Minority Populations
Alexander N. Ortega, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Peter J. Gergen

17. Asthma: Interventions in Community Settings
James Krieger, Edith A. Parker

18. Asthma and the Workplace
Jean-Luc Malo, Catherine Lemière, Denyse Gautrin, Manon Labrecque, Kim Lavoie

19. The Cost of Asthma
Adam Atherly

20. Asthma, Public Health, and Policy
Noreen M. Clark

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Public Health/Gesundheitswesen, Allergology