| Autor: |
Antó, Josep M, Pearce, Neil, Douwes, Jeroen, Garcia-Aymerich, Judith, Pembrey, Lucy, Richiardi, Lorenzo, Sunyer, Jordi |
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International Journal of Epidemiology; Aug2023, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p974-983, 10p |
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Epidemiology has played a major role in our understanding of asthma, but asthma epidemiology alone is unlikely to solve the type of scientific hurdles that research on the asthma epidemic has encountered. In the 1980s many industrialized countries experienced large increases in the prevalence of asthma with the term "asthma epidemic" becoming popular.[1],[2] Since epidemiology had played a leading role in the discovery of the carcinogenic effects of tobacco,[3] as well as in understanding several risk factors for cardiovascular diseases,[4] it was hoped that epidemiology would contribute to identifying the causes of the asthma epidemic and to developing adequate prevention strategies. The asthma epidemic The term "asthma epidemic" refers to a secular and geographically widespread increase in the frequency of asthma, which is something different from other types of localized asthma epidemics.[5],[6] A first defining characteristic of the asthma epidemic is its time trends. [Extracted from the article] |
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Complementary Index |
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