title: Asthma is a major noncommunicable disease affecting over 230 million people worldwide and represents the most common chronic disease among children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985990 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Poole
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D014815:Vitamins