Asthma, Health and Society A Public Health Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harver, Andrew. (Editor), Kotses, Harry. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Allergy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.; Allergology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78285-0

Asthma, Health, and Society A Public Health Perspective Edited by Andrew Harver, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte Harry Kotses, Ohio University, Athens Asthma, Health, and Society is a comprehensive, current resource on this complex diseaseits scope, human costs, and management...

Table of Contents:

• Asthma: An Introduction
• Considerations Regarding the Epidemiology and Public Health Burden of Asthma
• Asthma: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
• Genetic and Environmental Factors in Asthma
• Screening for Asthma
• Ecology and Asthma
• Managing Asthma
• Medical Management of Asthma
• Impact of Medication Delivery Method on Patient Adherence
• Asthma Self-Management
• Home Monitoring of Asthma: Symptoms and Peak Flow
• Computer-Based Applications in the Management of Asthma
• Asthma: A Social Ecological Perspective
• Asthma: A Lifespan Perspective
• Adolescents and Asthma
• Asthma and the Family
• Asthma in the Schools
• Women and Asthma
• Asthma in Minority Populations
• Asthma: Interventions in Community Settings
• Asthma and the Workplace
• The Cost of Asthma
• Asthma, Public Health, and Policy.