Asthma -- Psychological aspects -- Measurement. : Measuring the impact of asthma on quality of life in the Australian population / Australian Centre for Monitoring Asthma, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Asthma -- Social aspects -- Barbados : Biomedical ambiguity : race, asthma, and the contested meaning of genetic research in the Caribbean / Ian Whitmarsh
Asthma -- Treatment -- Research -- Case studies. : Single-subject, multiple-baseline design : using mindfulness interventions with co-occurring asthma and anxiety / Cheryl Maykel & Kari Sassu & Melissa A. Bray & Thomas J. Kehle
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL)
Asthma attacks following a period of exercise. Usually the induced attack is short-lived and regresses spontaneously. The magnitude of postexertional airway obstruction is strongly influenced by the environment in which exercise is performed (i.e. inhalation of cold air during physical exertion markedly augments the severity of the airway obstruction; conversely, warm humid air blunts or abolishes it)
