Author: Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills
Asthma is a disease which, beginning in the 1980s, increased in the United States and other countries in both its prevalence and mortality. According to reports by the Center for Disease Control, the number of
people with asthma increased by 42% in the last decade, with children, ethnic minorities and the
urban poor being most at risk.Timely research on the causes and mechanisms behind the dramatic increase of asthma in the United States and other nations-to epidemic proportions-is presented in this volume. Investigators heading up eight research groups in asthma and/or allergy present their most recent findings, funded by the Center for
Indoor Air Research. In addition to the work underway…
