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"100 Questions & Answers About Your Child's Asthma" book review
I've been reading 100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Asthma by Claudia Plottel, MD and B Robert Feldman, MD. (Full disclosure: Dr Feldman was my pediatric allergist and is a relative).
The book is an excellent primer for parents of newly diagnosed children with asthma. An estimated 6.5 million children in the US are affected by asthma. However, I'd recommend this book for anyone with asthma, either newly diagnosed or those of us who have lived with asthma for many years. Anyone with a...
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