Childhood Asthma

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Av Stanley J Szefler, Soren Pedersen, Stanley J. Szefler

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This reference collects the latest studies on the development, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood asthma and offers current perspectives on new technologies that will shape the management of pediatric asthma in the forthcoming decade-illustrating how advances in pulmonary function measurement, inflammatory markers, imaging, and pharmacogenetics will enhance the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma in years to come.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-09-26
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt1 108 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor744
FörlagTaylor & Francis Inc
ISBN9780824727352

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