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Useful Asthma Links
- British Lung Foundation
Information and support for people affected by lung disease.
http://www.lunguk.org - Environmental Protection Agency
This website published by the US EPA focuses on air quality and its affects on asthma.
http://www.epa.gov/asthma/about.html - Medline Plus - Asthma
This site contains recommended links from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthma.html - National Asthma Council Australia
Website with the Asthma Management Handbook 2006 published by the National Asthma Council Autralia
http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/cms/index.php - NIH Asthma Information
National Institutes of Health website offering a comprehensive overview of Asthma using information from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html - Pulse Oximetry Info.
Information on how to safely record an oxygen saturation as part of respiratory observations in most situations.
http://www.pulseox.info - Talk Asthma
Free information and support site for people and families living with asthma.
http://www.talkasthma.com - The Lung Association
Detailed information on a wide range of lung diseases including instructions on the use of a range of inhalers.
http://www.lung.ca - TTMed Respiratory
An educational platform aimed at specialist physicians, general practitioners, nurses and students to stay abreast of advances in the field of respiratory diseases.
http://www.ttmed.com/respiratory
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This asthma information section was written by Peter Crosta and may not be re-produced in any way without the permission of Medical News Today.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
- MedlinePlus
- National Asthma Council Australia
- Environmental Protection Agency
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