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Is primary prevention of asthma possible?
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Jul 2000
Becker A B
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The increased prevalence of asthma over the past quarter century has become a major public health problem for the industrialized world. Asthma is a disease process which has a strong heritable component which is impacted by multiple environmental factors. Given the rapid increase in asthma prevalence, it is difficult to ascribe the change to a genetic alteration. Therefore, the focus for understanding the...
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