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Asthma

References

Asthma. Mayo Clinic. Diseases and Conditions. Available at URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asthma/DS00021. Accessed January 2008.

Global strategy for Asthma Mnaagement and Prevention. NIH Publication No 02-3659 Issued January, 1995 (updated 2002) Management Segment (Chapter 7): Updated 2007 from the 2006 document. The GINA reports.www.ginasthma.org. Accessed January 2008.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Asthma: National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management or Asthma - Update on Selected Topics 2002. pub no. 02.5075. June 2002.

Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality 2001. Available at http://www.lungusa.org/data/asthma/asthmach_1.html. Accessed January 2008.

Barnes, P. Pathophysiology of asthma. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 1996;42:3-10

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Dolen, W. Asthma as an inflammatory disease: Implications for management (Clinical Review). The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 1996; 9(3):182-190

Ellis, S. Managing asthma. The Express 1997;13(3):1-5

Holgate, S. Acute and chronic inflammatory mechanisms in asthma. British Journal of Clinical Practice Symposium Suppl 1995;81:11-13

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Motheral BR, Roe CM. "Asthma: Where Have All the Guidelines Gone?", presented at the 1997 Express Scripts Outcomes Conference

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma National Institutes of Health pub.no.97-4051. April 1997

Asthma. November 1997; http://www.njc.org/;National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Smith, D.H., Malone, D.C., Lawson, K.A., Okamot, L.J., Battista, C., Saunders, W.B. A national estimate of the economic costs of asthma. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 1997;156:787-793

USPDI Drug Information for the Health Care Professional. 1998;1(18)603-608

Health Care Costs and Financing: Costs associated with asthma have increased substantially since the mid-1980s. Available at http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/aug01/801RA13.htm#head2. Accessed April 2006.

Consumer Information on Why the U.S. is Eliminating the Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances Including Chlorofluorocarbons. FDA website. Available at http://www.fda.gov/cder/mdi/consumer.htm. Accessed January 2008.

Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Statins on Asthma Control in Patients with Chronic Asthma. www.clinicaltrials.gov. Accessed January 2008.

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