Abstract:Background: Asthma prevalence in children has increased 58% since 1980. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized with the intermittent and variable periods of airway obstruction. Asthma accounts for 30% of pediatric hospitalizations, for approximately one third of school absences and for numerous other psychosocial complications. Childhood bronchial asthma has multifactor causations. Geographical location, environmental, racial, as well as factors related to behaviors and life-styles are associa… Show more
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