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Published in: Seminars in Immunopathology 1/2020

01-02-2020 | Bronchial Asthma | Review

Asthma epidemiology and risk factors

Authors: Jessica Stern, Jennifer Pier, Augusto A. Litonjua

Published in: Seminars in Immunopathology | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Asthma is a clinical syndrome that affects all age groups. Asthma prevalence worldwide has seen a rapid increase in the latter part of the last century. Recent data has shown that asthma prevalence has plateaued and even decreased in some areas of the world, despite continuing to increase in other areas of the world. Many risk factors have been associated with asthma and the differences in distributions of these risk factors may explain the differences in prevalence. This article will review recent trends in the prevalence of asthma and recent studies that investigate risk factors of asthma.
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Metadata
Title
Asthma epidemiology and risk factors
Authors
Jessica Stern
Jennifer Pier
Augusto A. Litonjua
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Seminars in Immunopathology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1863-2297
Electronic ISSN: 1863-2300
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00281-020-00785-1

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