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Asthma Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Asthma: A Presentation of Asthma Management and Prevention

Slide presentation depicting the pathophysiology of asthma; prevention; mortality and morbidity measures at the national level; risk factors; medical management; and the public health response needed to successfully fight asthma:  http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/speakit/default.htm

Seasonal flu and H1N1 Influenza Virus resource information related to asthma

Including considerations for clinicians regarding 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus in patients with asthma: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/asthma_clinicians.htm

Other Asthma Resources

http://www.cdc.gov/asthma

Florida Department of Health, Asthma and Schools

South Florida Asthma Consortium

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma  (Opens in a new window, PDF 504 KB)

Florida Air Now

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - H1N1 and Asthma Information

Flu.gov