World Asthma Day

World Asthma Day

World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day 2008 takes place on Tuesday, May 6. The theme of this year's event is "You Can Control Your Asthma"

External links

* [http://www.ginasthma.com/WADIndex.asp World Asthma Day]
* [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/asthma/ Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM): Environmental Triggers of Asthma] – Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


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