This new issue contains the following articles:

Genetics 

Association analysis of the surfactant protein-C gene to childhood asthma
Malek Nefzi PhD, Imen Wahabi PhD, Sondess Hadj Fredj PhD, Rym Othmani MLT, Rym Dabboubi PharmD, Khedija Boussetta MD, Pascale Fanen MD, PhD & Taieb Messaoud PharmD, PhD
Pages: 1-11 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827419

Environmental Determinants 

Asthma prevalence and control among schoolchildren residing near outdoor air pollution sites
Deborah A. Gentile MD, Tricia Morphew MS, Jennifer Elliott PharmD, Albert A. Presto PhD & David P. Skoner MD
Pages: 12-22 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1840584

Biomarkers 

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is significantly associated with atopy in asthmatic patients
M. Aiello MD, A. Frizzelli MD, R. Pisi PhD, A. Fantin MD, M. Ghirardini BSc, L. Marchi PhD, I. Ferrarotti BiSci/PhD, G. Bertorelli MD, A. Percesepe MD & A. Chetta MD
Pages: 23-30 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827421

Cost-utility of use of sputum eosinophil counts to guide management in children with asthma
Jefferson Antonio Buendía MD, MSc, PhD & Hernan Lucio Talamoni MD
Pages: 31-37 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1830412

Comorbidities

Association between asthma and caries-related salivary factors: a meta-analysis
Ömer Hatipoğlu MSc & Fatma Pertek Hatipoğlu DDS
Pages: 38-53 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1826045

Association of obesity with severity outcomes in hospitalized pediatric asthma exacerbations
Raymond Parlar-Chun MD, Grace Truong BS, Tasia Isbell BS MPH, Yesenia Delgado BS & Makenna Arca BS Med
Pages: 54-58 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827422

Association between obesity and lung function changes by sex and age in adults with asthma
Minji Kim MD, PhD, Sang-Heon Cho MD, PhD, Jae-Woo Jung MD, PhD, Byoung-Whui Choi MD, PhD, Sae-Hoon Kim MD, PhD, Hye-Kyung Park MD, PhD, An-Soo Jang MD, PhD, Hyun Jung Jin MD, PhD, Yoo Seob Shin MD, PhD, Min-Hye Kim MD, PhD, Jae-Hyun Lee MD, PhD, Jung-Won Park MD, PhD, Jae-Woo Kwon MD, PhD, Taehoon Lee MD, PhD, Solmi Kim MSc, Tae-Bum Kim MD, PhD, Jeong-Hee Choi MD, PhD & on behalf of the COREA investigators
Pages: 59-69 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1839904

Racial and Ethnic Disparities 

Situating household management of children’s asthma in the context of social, economic, and environmental injustice
Jean Hunleth PhD, MPH, Julie Spray PhD, Sienna Ruiz BA, Julia Maki PhD, David A. Fedele PhD, ABPP, Sreekala Prabhakaran MD, Rachel B. Forsyth BA, Cassidy Sykes BA, Kaylah Crepps MPH, CPH, James Shepperd PhD, Deb Bowen PhD & Erika A. Waters PhD, MPH
Pages: 70-78 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1837159

Unraveling racial disparities in asthma emergency department visits using electronic healthcare records and machine learning
Adeboye A. Adejare BS, Yadu Gautam PhD, Juliana Madzia BS & Tesfaye B. Mersha PhD
Pages: 79-93 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1838539

Risk Factors 

Pediatric asthma hospitalization: individual and environmental characteristics of high utilizers in South Texas | Open Access
Juha Baek DrPH, MPSA, Bita A. Kash PhD, MBA, FACHE, Xiaohui Xu PhD, Mark Benden PhD, CPE, Jon Roberts MD, FCCP & Genny Carrillo MD, ScD
Pages: 94-104 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827424

Development and validation of a risk score to identify children at risk of life-threatening asthma
Menolly Lee BMed/BSc(Med)(Hons)/MD, Yulia Bogdanova BMed/MD, Mei Chan PhD, Louisa Owens PhD, Sandy Wales MSN, Melinda Gray BScN, Christine Burns BScN, Nancy Briggs PhD, Adam Jaffe MD & Nusrat Homaira PhD
Pages: 105-114 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1841224

Exercise Physiology 

Determinants of exercise capacity in children and adolescents with severe therapy-resistant asthma
Cláudia Silva Schindel PhD, Daniele Schiwe MSc, João Paulo Heinzmann-Filho PhD, Mailise Fátima Gheller PT, Natália Evangelista Campos MSc, Paulo Márcio Pitrez PhD & Márcio Vinícius Fagundes Donadio PhD
Pages: 115-125 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1833915

Airway closing index in school-age children during exercise bronchoprovocation
Daniel Krich DO, Allen J. Dozor MD & Sankaran Krishnan MD, MPH
Pages: 126-131 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1850765

Artificial Intelligence 

Going mobile with primary care: smartphone-telemedicine for asthma management in young urban adults (TEAMS) | Open Access
Jennifer R. Mammen PhD, NP-C, Judith D. Schoonmaker MS, James Java PhD, Jill Halterman MD, MPH, Marc N. Berliant MD, Amber Crowley PharmD, MS-MTM, BCPS, BCACP, Marina Reznik MD, MS, Jonathan M. Feldman PhD, Robert J. Fortuna MD, Sean M. Frey MD, MPH, Kelsey Turgeon, Ashley Philibert & Kimberly Arcoleo PhD, MPH
Pages: 132-144 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1830413

Diagnosis 

The feasibility of eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea for the diagnosis of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in a community pulmonary practice
Brandon Temte DO, Jason Wells MD, Crystal Clark CMA, Jordan Lauw LPN & John Mastronarde MD
Pages: 145-151 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827423

The validity of diagnostic algorithms to identify asthma patients in healthcare administrative databases: a systematic literature review
Alia Yousif MSc, Roxanne Dault MSc, Mireille Courteau MSc, Lucie Blais PhD, Anne-Marie Cloutier MSc, Anaïs Lacasse PhD, Alain Vanasse MD, PhD & on behalf of the TORSADE Cohort Working Group
Pages: 152-168 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1827425

Functional tests for adults with asthma: validity, reliability, minimal detectable change, and feasibility
Joice Mara de Oliveira MSc, PT, Thamyres Spositon MSc, PT, Alcindo Cerci Neto PhD, MD, Fatima Mitsie Chibana Soares MSc, MD, Fabio Pitta PhD, PT & Karina Couto Furlanetto PhD, PT
Pages: 169-177 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1838540

Pharmacotherapy 

Perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of short-acting beta2 agonist users: an Australian cross-sectional community pharmacy-based study
Elizabeth Azzi PhD, Vicky Kritikos PhD, Matthew Peters MBBS, David Price MBBS, Biljana Cvetkovski PhD, Pamela Srour Alphonse PhD & Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich PhD
Pages: 178-188 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1841223

Biologics 

Assessing the cost-effectiveness of mepolizumab as add-on therapy to standard of care for severe eosinophilic asthma in Singapore | Open Access
Ling Eng Tan MSc, Wan Hui Gloria Tan MPH, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Aziz MSc, Mariko Siyue Koh MBBS, MRCP, Tunn Ren Tay MBBS, MRCP, FAMS, Fiona Pearce MPH & Kwong Ng MClinPharm, MPH
Pages: 189-199 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1837158

Alternative Therapies 

Voice bubbling therapy for vocal cord dysfunction in difficult-to-treat asthma – a pilot study
S. C. Eindhoven MD, Y. Türk MD, T. van der Veer MD, M. Oosterbaan-Beks BSc, B. Goes-de Graaff BSc, S. A. Bendien MD, J. de Kluijver MD, J. W. Arendse MD, T. Hooft van Huysduynen MD, J. C. C. M. in ’t Veen MD & G. J. Braunstahl MD
Pages: 200-205 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1837156

Asthma Control 

Short-acting bronchodilators purchase as a marker for asthma control
Dekel Shlomi MD, Bernice Oberman MSc & Irit Katz MD
Pages: 206-212 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1837157