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families, and other intererested parties.
Canadian Asthma Guidelines
Asthma in Canada
- A Landmark Survey
The Prevention and Management of Asthma in Canada -report of the National Asthma Control Task Force http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/publicat/asthma00/index.html Sites for Health Professionals Information for asthma educators and opportunity to network Childhood asthma in Sentinel Health Units - Student Lung Survey 1995-96
in Canada The Hospital for Sick Children - Child Physiology National Institutes of Health:
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety.htm Global Initiative for Asthma (World Health Organization) - handbooks,
etc.
National Asthma Campaign (Australia) - Complete guide to Australia's
asthma guidelines and various publications
Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Excellent summary of recent news, but
not very elegant
Virtual (Children's) Hospital (Iowa) - Detailed, basic information for
MD's, some info for patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews Abstracts - Abstracts only
New England Journal of Medicine - Recent Asthma articles
Sites for Patients Asthma Society of Canada
Quebec Asthma and COPD Network (QACN)
Canadian Lung Association - Asthma Resource Center - Very deep site,
fairly detailed
Merck Frosst Canada
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Childhood Asthma (patient education)
Children's Asthma Education Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Atlantic Asthma Network
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Intelihealth - Vague
Electronic Child Health Network (Toronto - Hospital for Sick Children)
- slow & hard to find,but innovative iCAN – Control Asthma Now!
Other Useful Sites AllergyImmunoLinx.com American Lung Association - Childhood Asthma Site
American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
Association des Allergologues et Immunologues du Québec
For current information regarding the transition to CFC-free MDIs
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