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Part of the book series: Current Clinical Practice (CCP)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Definitions and Host Responses to Bronchospasm
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Patient Management
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Front Matter
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Special Clinical Problems
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About this book
Reviews
"...This book will clearly establish its value for those who treat reversible airway disease. Lucidly written, with a cogent chapter format flowing from pathogenic principles to more detailed clinical appreciation...an invaluable compendium for the clinician who is called on to care for the patient with asthma."
-New England Journal of Medicine
"This book would be of value to any clinician dealing with asthmatic patients. Pulmonary physicians and allergists will also find this text to be an excellent review and an aid for focusing on clinical problems."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
"Overall, this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management, directed at primary care providers....There are excellent discussion on risk factors for developing asthma and on managing asthma in children, adults, and pregnancy....There are also excellent sections of infections and environment, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, alternative therapies, and self-management programs....The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resources for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
"...offers chapters written by some of the most respected authors in the field...a valuable reference book for primary care physicians as well as specialists who care for patients with asthma."
-Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
"...this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management...The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resource for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - Canadian Family Physician
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Medicine School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis
M. Eric Gershwin
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis
Timothy E. Albertson
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Veterans Administration Northern California Health Care System, Mather
Timothy E. Albertson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bronchial Asthma
Book Subtitle: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment
Editors: M. Eric Gershwin, Timothy E. Albertson
Series Title: Current Clinical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-014-0
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-604-7Published: 15 January 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-014-0Published: 17 August 2008
Series ISSN: 2364-1150
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1169
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XIV, 406
Topics: Primary Care Medicine, Internal Medicine