Asthma

by Murphy Barbara and Wendy B. Murphy

Book Overview

More than twenty million people in the United states suffer from asthma, a disease of the lungs. In fact, asthma is the most common serious chronic disease among American children. Any person at any age can be affected by asthma, but more cases have been linked to factors such as increased air pollution, exposure to tobacco smoke, and childhood obesity. ?Without preventive treatments and lifestyle adjustments, asthma ... can be a serious, even deadly disease,? reports USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper. Fortunately, if a person is diagnosed properly, asthma symptoms can be managed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761354573
• ISBN13: 9780761354574
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Twentyfirst Century Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12