title: The state of childhood asthma: introduction.
abstract: In December 2006, the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc convened a conference, "State of Childhood Asthma and Future Directions: Strategies for Implementing Best Practices." In this article, we present an overview of the conference. The other articles in this supplement were based on the conference proceedings.
authors.forename: Floyd J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Malveaux
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology