Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by reversible airway obstruction, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation. It is an extremely heterogeneous disorder, and a multitude of factors - genetic (e.g., atopy), environmental, psychosocial, and biological - contribute to the disease process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Asthma Prevention |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 591-614 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780849344800 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780824754099 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |