Precht DH, Keiding L, Madsen M. Smoking patterns among adolescents with asthma attending upper secondary schools: A community-based study. Pediatrics. 2003;111(5 Pt 1):E562-568.

Article which describes a study which shows Danish teens with asthma appear to smoke more than their peers in a national cross-sectional study.

Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Wahlgren DR, et al. Asthma management and environmental tobacco smoke exposure reduction in Latino children: A controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2002;110(5):946-956.

An article describing a study which concluded coaching to reduce environmental tobacco smoke appears to enhance asthma management education.

Watson WT, Becker AB, Simons FE. Treatment of allergic rhinitis with intranasal corticosteroids in patients with mild asthma: Effect on lower airway responsiveness. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 1993;91(1 Pt 1):97-101.

Article which describes a small study which suggests a benefit from nasal steroids in terms of asthma clinical scores in patients with comorbid allergic rhinitis.

Corren J, Adinoff AD, Buchmeier AD, Irvin CG. Nasal beclomethasone prevents the seasonal increase in bronchial responsiveness in patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 1992;90(2):250-256.

Article which describes a small trial which suggests that nasal steroids reduce bronchial responsiveness to pollen in patients with both asthma and allergic rhinitis.

van Essen-Zandvliet EE, Hughes MD, Waalkens HJ, Duiverman EJ, Pocock SJ, Kerrebijn KF. Effects of 22 months of treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and/or beta-2-agonists on lung function, airway responsiveness, and symptoms in children with asthma. The Dutch Chronic Non-specific Lung Disease Study Group. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1992;146(3):547-554.

This article describes a multi-center randomized controlled trial which evaluates the effect of long-term budesonide treatment. Outcomes include a variety of pulmonary function parameters.

Spooner CH, Saunders LD, Rowe BH. Nedocromil sodium for preventing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2002;(1):CD001183.

Article describing a systematic review which supports the use of nedocromil in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.

Pauwels RA, Pedersen S, Busse WW, et al. Early intervention with budesonide in mild persistent asthma: A randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet. 2003;361(9363):1071-1076.

Article describes a randomized trial that shows improved asthma control and reduced exacerbations in patients with mild persistent asthma.

O'Byrne PM, Barnes PJ, Rodriguez-Roisin R, et al. Low dose inhaled budesonide and formoterol in mild persistent asthma: The OPTIMA randomized trial. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 2001;164(8 Pt 1):1392-1397.

This article cites a trial which examines adding formoterol to a budesonide regiment.

Lynd LD, Guh DP, Pare PD, Anis AH. Patterns of inhaled asthma medication use: A three year longitudinal analysis of prescription claims data from British Columbia, Canada. Chest. 2002;122(6):1973-1981.

This article cites a large population-based study that found decreasing use of inhaled corticosteroids.

Lozano P, Finkelstein JA, Hecht J, Shulruff R, Weiss KB. Asthma medication use and disease burden in children in a primary care population. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. Jan 2003;157(1):81-88.

This article documents a cross-sectional study which cites overuse of relievers and underuse of controllers in a managed care population.