title: Environmental factors associated with asthma.
abstract: Asthma, a disease of attacks and remission, continues to account for substantial morbidity and direct economic costs. Numerous studies--epidemiologic, toxicologic and clinical--present evidence for a broad spectrum of environmental risk factors associated with asthma. This review summarizes current thinking on a subset of these factors. Knowledge of potential environmental determinants of asthma is important to both the patient and healthcare professional in the application of multiple modalities of medical and environmental intervention for management of the development, and exacerbation of this chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways.
authors.affiliation: Howard University Medical Center, Environmental Health Administration, District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Bailus
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Lynette D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: Rueben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000401:Aircraft; D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000009:adverse effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000009:adverse effects; D006795:Household Products / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D038622:Internationality; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D010126:Ozone / Q000009:adverse effects; D039981:Pyroglyphidae; D012307:Risk Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000485:Allergens; D004731:Endotoxins; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D010126:Ozone