%0 Journal Article
%T Fatal asthma; is it still an epidemic?
%A Andrea Rossi
%A Andrea Vianello
%A Annarita Dama
%A Chiara Bovo
%A Gianenrico Senna
%A Giorgio Walter Canonica
%A Giuliana Festi
%A Marco Caminati
%A Maria Rita Marchi
%A Mariangiola Crivellaro
%A Michele Schiappoli
%A Rafi El Mazloum
%A Rossella Snenghi
%J Archive of "The World Allergy Organization Journal".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s40413-016-0129-9
%X Asthma mortality has declined since the 1980s. Nevertheless the World Health Organization (WHO) identified asthma as responsible for 225.000 deaths worldwide in 2005, and 430.000 fatal cases are expected by 2030. Some unexpected and concentrated fatal asthma events all occurred between 2013 and 2015 in Veneto, a North Eastern region of Italy, which prompted a more in-depth investigation of characteristics and risk factors
%K Fatal asthma
%K Asthma mortality
%K Asthma exacerbations
%K Alternaria
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155395/