Article
[Asthma epidemiology].
La Revue du praticien - 30 Jun 2005
Annesi-Maesano Isabella
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is excessively common among the individuals (up to 10% in adults and 35% in children). Asthma is differently distributed in the world. Asthma incidence is 1%/y in average. Children are at greater risk of asthma than adults, which could be due to a cohort effect. Severe asthma is reported by 1-3% of the general population (children and adults respectively). Recent population-based data show that the asthma...
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