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The developing respiratory tract and its specific needs in regard to ultrafine particulate matter exposure
12 October 2011
Karen Schüepp, Peter D. Sly
Summary: Nanoparticles have unique physico-chemical properties compared to larger particles that have the potential to provide promising new possibilities for biomedical applications. Considerable res...
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Vitamin D and Asthma in Children
12 October 2011
Atul Gupta, Andrew Bush, Catherine Hawrylowicz, Sejal Saglani
Summary: Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are increasingly being recognized in the general population, and have been largely attributed to lifestyle changes (reduced exposure to sunshine due to ...
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Deposition of small particles in the developing lung
12 October 2011
Israel Amirav, Michael T. Newhouse
Summary: Infancy is a time of marked and rapid changes in respiratory tract development. Infants (0–1 year of age) and young children (1– 3 years of age) are a unique subpopulation with regard to ther...
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STEROID-RESISTANT ASTHMA
12 October 2011
Robert P. Yim, Anastassios C. Koumbourlis
Summary: Steroid-resistant asthma (SRA) refers to patients with symptoms consistent with asthma who show very poor or no response at all to high doses of inhaled or even of systemic corticosteroids. T...
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Beyond the guidelines: Fatal and near-fatal asthma
12 October 2011
Bruce K. Rubin, Vladimir Pohanka
Summary: While asthma is extremely common, fatal and near fatal asthma is rare and often preventable if there is early recognition of symptom progression and appropriate intervention. In the past deca...
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