Asthma and allergy resources
Alternative Names
Resources - asthma and allergy
Information
The following organizations are good resources for information on asthma and allergies:
- Allergy and Asthma Network -- allergyasthmanetwork.org/
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology -- www.aaaai.org/
- American Lung Association -- www.lung.org/
- Healthy Children.org -- www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx
- Food Allergy Research and Education -- www.foodallergy.org/
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America -- www.aafa.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/asthma/
- United States Environmental Protection Agency -- www.epa.gov/asthma
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- www.niaid.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/asthma.html
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
Review Date:5/12/2022
Reviewed By:Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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