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Filter by:To conduct molecular genetic studies in human pedigrees in order to identify the major genes responsible for asthma.
To identify clinical predictors of episodes of hospital-based care in people with asthma.
To extend follow-up of a birth cohort of asthmatic children through adolescence and on to adulthood. .
To investigate the determinants of valid symptom perception in childhood asthma and the relation of symptom perception to asthma morbidity.
To study three possible, but yet unproven, influences on pediatric asthma hospitalization rates - diagnostic substitution, different systems of medical care, and asthma medication use.
To identify risk factors for work disability among adults with asthma treated by pulmonary and allergy specialists.
To determine the effects in early adulthood of asthma, increased bronchial responsiveness, markers of allergy and smoking on pulmonary function level and the effects of these same risk factors on subsequent decline in pulmonary function, because these early adult factors presumably profoundly influence the risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
To examine the role of family processes in asthma regulation in three groups of children with mild to moderate asthma.
To provide information necessary for the development of standards for peak expiratory flow (PEF) test performance in populations studies.
To investigate the genetics of asthma by reexamining a carefully characterized population of patients with asthma, and by studying their families.