Abstract
The statistics presented recently by the Global Initiative on Asthma were startling but not surprising. Asthma is on the increase as a disease that affects 300 million people, predominantly those in developing urban areas and highly industrialized communities. The authors of the “Global Burden of Asthma” report see a direct correlation not only to urbanization but also to the “adoption of more Western lifestyles by communities around the globe,” and they opine that, as these trends continue, the prevalence of asthma will increase.
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