The possible role of aero‐allergens in the epidemic of asthma deaths
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 11 (6) , 611-620
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.1981.tb02182.x
Abstract
The ‘epidemic’ of asthma deaths observed m the mid 1960s remains unexplained; various aetiological factors having been suggested. We suggest that aero-allergenic factors may have been important based on an analysis of aero-allergens in Cardiff over a 17-year period: a striking temporal association exists between the concentration of hyaline ascospores and increased asthma deaths. These spores, which are particularly prevalent in the summer months, have been inadequately studied as a cause of severe asthma.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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