Abstract

The numbers are frightening—asthma affects approximately 21 million adults and 6.3 million children in this country. The lower the socioeconomic level, the higher the prevalence of asthma—and the higher the morbidity and mortality. Eric Madrid practices at Rancho Family Medical Group, Temecula, Calif. Greg Mennie and Patricia Newton are on the faculty of the Family Practice Residency Program, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier, Calif, which is affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine. The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.

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