- Allies Against Asthma
A national program, based at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which works with seven asthma coalitions around the country to develop, implement, and sustain community-based comprehensive asthma management systems.
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
A national organization that aims to advance the knowledge and practice of the allergy specialty, to foster education of students and the public, and to encourage cooperation among those engaged in the field, thereby promoting research and study in allergy. This website provides information resources for patients and consumers, professionals, and the media.
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online
This website, which is an information and news services for patients, parents of patients, the news media, and purchasers of group health care programs, is maintained by allergists, medical specialists, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
- American College of Chest Physicians
The American College of Chest Physicians is a medical specialty society of physicians, surgeons, allied health professionals, and individuals with PhD degrees who specialize in diseases of the chest.
- American Lung Association
A national voluntary health organization that fights lung disease, with a focus in asthma, tobacco control, and environmental health.
- American Thoracic Society Gene Express
The Gene Express is a column on the website of the American Thoracic Society, an international educational and scientific society focusing on respiratory and critical care medicine. The column provides overviews and updates on post-genomic technologies and their applications to pulmonary medicine.
- Association of Asthma Educators
The primary goals of this organization are to promote education as an integral comprehensive asthma program, to raise the competence of health care professionals who educate individuals and families affected by asthma, and to raise the standard of care and quality of asthma education delivered to those with asthma.
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
A non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of life for people with asthma and allergies and their caregivers, through education, advocacy, and research.
- National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Asthma Page
A part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, this program was initiated to address the growing problem of asthma in the United States . Goals of the program include: to raise awareness that asthma is a serious chronic disease, ensure the recognition of the symptoms of asthma, and ensure effective control of asthma.
- Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma Page
The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment – air, water, and land – upon which life depends. The EPA has a page about asthma and indoor environments.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Asthma Page
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders.
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
A component of the National Institutes of Health, NIAID conducts and supports research that strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences aims to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and community outreach.
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